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O'Grady (Lismoyle)
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The O’Gradys were established in the Kilballyowen locality of county Limerick, from at least medieval times. Darby O’Grady of Mount Prospect, county Limerick, was the father of Standish O’Grady, created Viscount Guillamore in 1831. A younger brother of Standish’s, Edward O’Grady, married Mary daughter of William Stamer of Carnelly, county Clare. In the mid 19th century Mary O’Grady of Dublin was the immediate lessor of the townland of Clenagh, parish of Kilmaleery, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare and in the 1870s she owned 850 acres in county Clare. Edward Stamer O’Grady, a military man who died in 1865, was the eldest son of Edward and Mary O’Grady. He was the first of three generations of Edward Stamer O’Gradys. Weir writes that Lismoyle House, Clenagh, was used by the O’Gradys as a shooting lodge. The O’Grady family owned the property until the early 20th century.
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O'Grady/Grady (Elton)
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According to Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' (1976), the O'Gradys of Elton descend from Darby O'Grady of Kilballyowen who married Faith, daughter and co heir of Sir Thomas Standish, in 1633. This branch of the family used Standish as a christian names in many generations. They were resident at Elton from at least the mid 18th century. They also had a residence near Limerick city at Cappercullen House, now the site of the tennis court at Glenstal Abbey. In 1857 Captain Standish Grady leased Cappercullen from Lord Carbery. His daughter, Mary, became the Countess of Ilchester. In 1767 Standish Grady the younger of Elton married a daughter of Robert Oliver. Their grandson, the Reverend Standish Grady, was dead by the mid 1840s but his widow, Mrs Mary Jane Grady, was resident at Elton. Her estate was in the parishes of Athneasy and Knockainy, barony of Smallcounty and some of it was advertised for sale in December 1853 and again in May 1855. She also held land in the parish of Tullabracky, barony of Coshma, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This land was held on a lease from the Bishop of Limerick to Mrs Grady dated 1856 when it was advertised for sale with over 900 acres in the barony of Eliogarty, county Tipperary on 9 July 1857. Her representatives owned 1,045 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. see http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/newspaper/np_abst21.htm
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O'Grady (Kilballyowen)
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This was the senior family of O'Grady in Munster. This family was located in the Kilballyowen area of county Limerick from the 14th century. They intermarried with the Quins of Adare, De Courcys and the Wallers. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the estate of De Courcey O'Grady was located in the parishes of Ballynamona, Kilcullane and Knockainy, barony of Smallcounty and in Kilscannell, barony of Connello Lower, Ardagh, barony of Shanid, Abbeyfeale and Grange, barony of Glenquin. Over 2,600 acres in the baronies of Connello Lower and Glenquin belonging to De Courcy O'Grady were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in the early 1850s. The rental of the life estate of Henry Blakeney O'Grady in the lands of Clogheen, barony of Cork, county Cork, was advertised for sale four times in 1868 and 1869, a portion having been sold to Messers. O'Connell and O'Shaughnessy, in 1867. This county Cork property was held from Viscount de Vesci. In the 1870s the estate amounted to 1,943 acres in county Limerick.
Over 200 acres in West Carbery, as well as lands in counties Kilkenny and Westmeath, the property of Elizabeth O'Grady (deceased), were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in 1876. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Cork lands had been the property of De Courcy O'Grady.
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O'Grady (Cahir Guillamore)
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Descended from a younger son of the O'Gradys of Kilballyowen, county Limerick, Standish O'Grady, son of Darby O'Grady of Mount Prospect, was created Viscount Guillamore in 1831. The O'Gradys acquired Cahir by the marriage of the 1st Viscount's grandfather, Standish O'Grady, to Honora, daughter and co heir of Jeremiah Hayes of Cahir. The Guillamore estate was in the parishes of Fedamore and Glenogra, barony of Smallcounty, Tullabracky, barony of Coshma and Abbeyfeale, Clonelty, Grange and Mahoonagh, barony of Glenquin, county Limerick and Drumtarriff, barony of Duhallow, county Cork, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lady Guillamore held land in the parish of Askeaton, barony of Connello Lower. In the 1870s the 4th Viscount owned 3,750 acres in county Limerick and 1096 acres in county Cork, while his niece, Honourable Cecilia O'Grady of Rockbarton, only surviving child of the 3rd Viscount, owned 4,977 acres. She married Lord Fermoy in 1877.
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