He said he received assistance from his friends, Oliver Barry and financier Dermot Desmond, in the form of loans.
At the centre of the show was the relationship between the then Taoiseach Charles Haughey and "P. J." "Mara", a fantasy figure based loosely on the Fianna Fáil political advisor P. J. Mara.
Kamisese Mara | Max Mara | Kate Mara | Universiti Teknologi MARA | Mara Liasson | Maasai Mara | Universiti Teknologi Mara | Mara Clara | Mara Carlyle | Mara | Tom O'Mara | Māra Zālīte | Mara Triangle | Mara Region | Mara Maru | Mara (mammal) | Mara Jade | Mara Davi | Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu | John Mara | John Andrew Mara | Thalia Mara | P. J. Mara | Peter Mara | Patrick Mara | North Mara Gold Mine | Mara Yamauchi | Mara McAfee | Mara Lopez | Mara Lake |
The owners of the Columbia Transportation Company brought in some bigger businessmen, J.A. Mara, Frank S. Barnard, and Captain John Irving, who formed the Columbia River and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company on January 21, 1890, with a capital of $100,000.
This was mentioned during the Super Bowl XXI postgame show, where CBS' Brent Musburger brought up the schism between the Maras but how things were now better in spite of it.