Granlahan

From Derreentighe, the closest church and school are definitely in Trien, right around the corner (a little further for Cloonreliagh, but not by much).

Yet, Thomas Grady and Mariah Dempsey get married in the Granlahan church in 1876:

https://family-ogrady.blogspot.com/2021/01/thomas-grady-and-mariah-dempsy-documents.html

Also, most of the births and deaths we see for Grady/Dempsey are in Kiltullagh parish. Granlahan, Derreentighte, and Cloonreliagh are all in Kiltullagh, Trien is is Kilkeevin.

Does that matter so much in late 1800s Ireland? Would people travel further for a church just because it is in their 'official' parish?

Based on the Granlahan link, I went searching for gravestones at the Granalahan cemetery. This was posted on irishnative.com:

irishnative.com never responded to my inquiries, specifically where they got the label from. The records for Granlahan church are supposed to be on findmypast.com, but so far I haven't been able to find them.

But, Dempseys from Cloonreliagh are definitely 'us', so we searched Granlahan graveyard and found:

"Cloonreliagh and Clooncalaghy", which is also known as Clooncalgy.  Someone (likely from Clooncalgy side?), has maintained this stone.

There's a Patrick listed in the 1901 census for Clooncalgy:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Ballinlough/Clooncalgy_More/1663557/

Wendy has found that this is Patrick, son of Thomas and Bridget Dempsey of Cloonreliagh. He is widowed, remarries, and moves to Clooncalgy!

more to come ...

Also, if you are a cat lover, this cat approached us outside the Granlahan graveyard (with Ellie):

We named him Dempsey!