O'Grady (Abbeyfeale)
Edward O'Grady was a younger brother of Standish O'Grady 1st Viscount Guillamore. He married Mary daughter of William Stamer of Carnelly, county Clare and had a son Edward and a daughter Julia who married in 1840 as her first husband Wellington A. Rose. In 1856 she married Sir Edward Fitzgerald baronet. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward O'Grady held land in the parish of Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin, county Limerick. In the 1870s Edward Stamer O'Grady of Abbeyfeale and Dublin owned 1,438 acres in county Limerick. His grandson Guillamore O’Grady (1879-1952) eventually inherited the Stamer home Carnelly.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnelly | Carrownanelly | Clareabbey | Ennis | Doora 32 | Islands | Clare |
OSI Ref: R365 735
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- O'Connor & Dudley, solicitor's collection, includes copy deed of trust re Ballybeg, co Limerick, Edward Stamer O'Grady, 1906. Small Accs. Index 66, D.9022-9023; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 152
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 351