John Grady & Ellen Page, Keyfield

Thomas's older brother James of Keyfield has a son, John, who married Ellen Page:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1913/09900/5597406.pdf

Included the Michael Waldron/Winifred Grady marriage above it too, as that is John's first cousin.

They have a son, James, in 1915:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1915/01374/1565838.pdf

Note: included Waldron birth from Keyfield too ... chances are, they are related.

James moves to Salford in the UK, and marries Janet McApline in 1940.

He also joins the army in 1940, serves in North Africa with the Durham Light Infantry, 6th Battalion, and takes part in the invasion of Normandy, June 6th, 1944:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56498522/james-grady

Good website on the Durham Light Infantry, although nothing specific about James:

https://durhamlightinfantry1920-46.weebly.com/

It is interesting that this branch of the family sticks with just 'Grady' without the 'O' prefix.

Rotherham

 One can only imagine the shock it must have been to go here from rural Roscommon in 1900:

https://www.nmrs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rotherhammain.jpg

Rotherham Main Colliery

Here's another site with some pics of Rotherham about this time:

https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorkshire/history/rotherham-old-photos-postcards/

It looks like a nice town. Note however that the colliery and where John and Martin lived were in an area called Canklow:

The steel works and much of the worker's housing were removed for highway construction. 

The colliery itself was replaced by the roundabout. Atlas Street (from the pic above), is to the lower left, just above the 'A631' label. Canklow Road still exists, but much of the original is replaced by A630, going northeast in the pic. Apparently some of the last remaining houses for the pit workers were  replaced by the McDonalds.

Kate Grady

I was searching for Grand-Aunt Kitty's US entry, and found this instead:

https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-details/czoxMjoiMTAyMjI2MDYwNDM3Ijs=/czo4OiJtYW5pZmVzdCI7

Note the Keyfield address. This is NOT Aunt Kitty, but it is her first cousin Kate Grady of neighboring Keyfield, daughter of her father's brother James. She emigrates May 10, 1906 from Queenstown (Cork).

Rather ironic that she is traveling to the US likely about the same time as Kitty.

Her intended address is "Aunt Bridget Connolly (?). 50 West 39th Str. New York"

Need to find out more ... !

Registration District map

 https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/1/16/Ireland_Civil_Registration_Districts.jpg

This is a handy map of the registration districts. Note that they do not correspond to parishes, whether civil or religious (which also do not correspond to each other).

For most O'Grady/Dempsey research, which is for Cloonreliagh/Derreenteige, the district is Castlerea. 

For Castlefield (Galway) and Moorfield research, district is Glenamaddy, just to the south. 

The map shows that Carrick-on-Shannon is not that far away, just northeast of Castlereagh. So perhaps my theory on Mariah's brother Thomas is not to far off ... ?

Patrick Grady 1846-1878

(Sorry if I've posted this already!)

Patrick is brother to great-grandfather Thomas, another son of Michael Grady and Mary Ganly.

He marries Catherine Kenny from neighboring Trien in 1869 (note father is Michael Grady, deceased):

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1869/11442/8202917.pdf

He dies 1878:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020508/7196449.pdf

Catherine, 1901 census, living with her brother in Trien:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Coolougher/Trien/1665080/

1911 census:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Coolougher/Trien/761148/

Michael Reynolds and Anne Dempsey

So, still going with the idea that Anne Dempsey of Moorfield is somehow related via her father Thomas to the Dempseys of Cloonreliagh.

1900 US census, before Martin arrives:

Note that Anne is apparently Michael's second wife.

Anne says she born 1864/1865, but the only child listed for her parents that year is Winifred, perhaps Anne is a middle name:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1864/03592/2324347.pdf

Note there is ALSO an Anne Dempsey born to Bernard and Catherine in neighboring Cloonreliagh in 1864 ... what happens to her?

Also, this rings a bell, not sure why yet ... birth of Catherine Dempsey to William Dempsey and Mary Hevican ...

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03559/2310654.pdf

Another Anne, born 1870, to William Dempsey and Mary Hevican:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03342/2225347.pdf

More from Wendy on Anne: it appears her birth year was 1856, not 1865 as reported in census. Here's her baptism:

Note, births before 1860 were rarely registered in Civil records.

Also from Wendy: "William Dempsey married to Mary Hevican is related to Thomas Dempsey married Mary Finnerty.  Possibly a much younger brother?  They lived in the same townland. "

Michael Reynold's family tree:

Anne is buried in Holy Cross cemetery in Brooklyn, haven't found her plot yet. 

So is her husband Michael, but in his family's plot:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137159700/michael-reynolds

Michael is listed at the bottom