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O'Grady (County Cork)
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Rev. Thomas O'Grady was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmoe, barony of West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A nephew of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, he was the rector of Castetownbere at the time. His second son was Standish James O'Grady, later involved in the Irish Literary revival. His wife was Susan Doe, a member of a family holding a small estate in the Kilmoe area for many years. The representatives of Mrs Susan O'Grady owned 1,696 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
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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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