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Standish Grady, of Cappercullen, Co.Limerick

• References:
  • O'Grady of Cappercullen, L.J. Bardwick, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, 1957, pp.20-2, issued by Thomond Archaeological Society, [NLI] IR 794105

  • Romance of Lord Stavordale and Mary Teresa Grady:
    • Seventy Years of Irish Life, William R. Le Fanu (relation of Sheridan Le Fanu), 1893 (and subsequent reprints).
    • The Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox, ed. by Countess of Ilchester and Lord Stavordale, London, 1901, [NLI] has vol.1

The terraced gardens at Cappercullen.
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Standish Grady, of Cappercullen, Co.Limerick (see here),
born 1717, or poss. 1716,
lease of Cappercullen 1759 [Lord Carbery to Grady, [LR] book 204, p.68, no.134378],
mar Mary Hungerford [born c.1717],
had issue:

1. Catherine Grady,
   mar 1stly, 1784, to Rev.John Quin, no issue,
   Rev.John died 1789,
   mar 2ndly c.1790 to George Gumbleton [apparently see Burkes LG].

2. Mary Teresa Grady, born 1755,
   romantic mar 20th Aug 1772 [see Annual Register 1772]
   to Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester ["Lord Stavordale", born 1747, him age 25, her age 17] and had issue.
   For story of their courtship see [Le Fanu, 1893] and [Ilchester, 1901].

3. Rev. Thomas Grady, born 1759,
   mar 1780 to Catherine Quin and had issue.

Cappercullen area, near Murroe, Co.Limerick.
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The terraced gardens at Cappercullen.
Photo 1994.

The ruins of Cappercullen House from the bridge.
Photo 1994.

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There is a family story in Humphrys of Glenstal, Co.Limerick that they descend from a marriage with a daughter of Grady of Cappercullen.
No evidence for this has been found.

A family tree exists offline as:

O'Grady of Kilballyowen, Co.Limerick
and Cappercullen, Co.Limerick
2nd edition, Apr 1991

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• Glenstal.
• Glenstal Castle.

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• Gumbleton family tree by Steve West