[1] Helen Sophia O'Hara was born in The Castle Portstewart, County Londonderry, in 1846.

[1] She lived with her friend and fellow artist Fanny Currey at the Mall, Lismore, from 1898 until 1919.

[1] O'Hara was a watercolour painter, whose work centred on landscapes and seascapes, as well as flower painting.

Her work was exhibited with the Society of Women Artists, the Dudley Gallery, and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

[2] O'Hara was elected an honorary member of the BAS in 1904 along with Mildred Anne Butler, John Lavery, and Frank Spenlove-Spenlove.