An early sketchbook that survives from this time shows landscape studies from around County Carlow, as well as studies of churches and animals. Two of O'Meara's siblings died young, and his mother died in 1873. It is following this, that he moved to Paris, where his cousin Kathleen O'Meara was a writer and correspondent for The Tablet.
An early sketchbook from this period contains landscape studies of County Carlow, along with sketches of churches and animals. Two of O'Meara's siblings died young, and his mother passed away in 1873. This led him to move to Paris, where his cousin Kathleen O'Meara was a writer for The Tablet.