O'Grady Family: 2026

Sunday, May 3, 2026

St Patrick's church, Castlereagh

From the archive:

Handwriting on the back by Josephine McCallion O'Grady: "Grandpa's parish church"

Wouldn't that have been Trien, right around the corner?

Friday, May 1, 2026

Brooklyn, 1920, pic

So, who is this? One theory is that this is Kitty and Nelly Grady and their husbands, Irving Sherwood and Charles Clancy. But to me the folks here appear to be in their 50s, Kitty and Nelly would be in their 30s ...

However, John, Martin and several of the Dempsey brothers were living in Brooklyn at this time, in their 50s .... food for thought!

Saturday, April 25, 2026

1926 Census Clooncalgy - Dempsey

We stumbled (literally) on the Clooncalgy link when visiting the Granlahan graveyard.

https://family-ogrady.blogspot.com/2023/06/granlahan.html

Wendy then ran with it and did her always thorough write up with excellent research:

https://family-ogrady.blogspot.com/2023/06/cloonreliagh-and-clooncalaghy-link.html

So this is Patrick Dempsey, son of gr-gr-grandfather Bernard's brother Thomas (Mariah's first cousin ... there were a lot of them!)

1926 Clooncalgy Dempsey

Here's the rest of Clooncalgy, no obvious relatives there (but you never know!)

I had written to the Granlahan church asking for details of the burials in the Dempsey plot. They said those records were available on findmypast.co.uk. Sadly, I've not been able to find them there

Thursday, April 23, 2026

1926 Census Foxboro - Mary Grady

Great grandfather Thomas (born 1852) had several siblings:

- Jimmy (dies 1933) in Keyfield

- Henry, marries Mary Jennings, used to live in Foxboro but has apparently died by 1926 census

- Martin (1848 - 1935) is around too, married to Mary Horan

- Patrick (1846 - 1878)

- John (dies 1907, married Catherine Govern)

And his sister Mary (1841-1919) married Michael Connolly. They have both died by 1926, but their son lives on:

Pat & Mary Connolly 1926 Foxboro

There's also Delia Connolly listed:

Delia Connolly 1926 Foxboro

And get this: she's a single, 20yo female, head of her own household! Not sure what the likelihood of this is in 1926 rural Ireland, but I'm guessing this is a statistical rarity!

Of course, not sure she is related ... need to research.

Here's the rest of Foxboro:

Monday, April 20, 2026

1926 Census Keyfield - Jimmy Grady

This is Jimmy O'Grady's family, great-grandfather Thomas's older brother:

1926 census

His birthplace is listed as Derreentighe! (lol, yay!)

I believe this is a lot more than we knew about his family!

Here's the rest of Keyfield:

Keyfield link

Martin Waldron ... he is related ... somehow!

Sunday, April 19, 2026

1926 Census Clooneykerney - O"Grady Harte

Thomas Harte and Bridget O'Grady Harte:

census link

For consistency in research, I was hoping they would list Bridget's homeland as Derreentigue, as they did for Harry.

Clooneykerny census

Not likely to be relatives this 'far' away, but you never know!

1926 Census Creggameen - Harry O'Grady

Harry (Henry) and Mary Ann O'Grady:

census link

All of Creggameen (posting since there are likely relatives in this mix!):

Creggameen 1926

IInteresting note at the end of the Creggameen census:

census note

Saturday, April 18, 2026

1926 Census Cloonreliagh

Thomas & Brigid Dempsey

This Thomas is the son of Thomas, Bernard's brother. So, Mariah's first cousin.

Thomas & Brigid's son Patrick is also listed. This Patrick will have a daughter, Margaret, who marries John Farrell ... PJ Farrell's parents (hello PJ!)

William & Mary Dempsey

William, Mary, and and their daughter Mary Kate. William is also the son of Thomas, Bernard's brother. But ... oh this one is almost too hard to explain, so see this:

two mysteries

The townland of Cloonreliagh:

Cloonreliagh 1926