Hugh Brady 1797-1850 Parish Priest at Larah
Looking for information on Hugh Brady and the Brady family mentioned below. My great-great grandmother Margaret Brady, sister of Hugh was born in county Cavan in 1796 and emigrated to America in 1853.
Hugh Brady 1797-1850
St. Brigids Church, Laragh (https://www.kilmorediocese.ie/st-brigids-church-laragh/)
The new church, built in 1984, was erected on the site of an old church, which was erected in 1839. Two Parish Priests (whose graves were inside the old church and now remain inside the new) were Rev. Hugh Brady, who erected the old church and died in 1850, and Rev. John Mathews, PP from 1860 until his death on 14th Dec. 1862.
Anglo-Celt Published in Cavan, county Cavan July 5, 1850 (http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1850/JUL.html)
DEATHS
At Larah, on the 26th ultimo, of malignant fever caught in the discharge of his sacred duties, in the 53rd year of his age and 30th of his ministry, the Rev. Hugh BRADY, P.P. In his demise religion has sustained no ordinary loss; he governed his flock, like a fond father, and lived in their affection. In the discharge of the spiritual wants of his people, he also ministered to the temporal wants of the poor. He has left behind him a character for charity, piety, and humility, which endeared him during life to all who had experienced the benefit of his ministry, the advantage of his acquaintance, or knowledge of his virtues. His remains were conveyed from his late residence to the neat parish church of Larah, which was erected by his exertions, and stands a monument of his piety and zeal, and were there deposited in their last resting place, admidst the tears of the poor, who will long lament his loss.
Margaret Brady Smith 1796-1892
History of Essex And Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Vol. I
Author: Shaw, William H. ; Publication: Name: Everts & Peck; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1884:
(James Smith) married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Bradley and Mary, his wife, and sister of Rev. Hugh Brady, of Larah.*
*The above sentence is somewhat confusing, I believe Bradley is a misprint and Hugh & Margaret were siblings. Her grave marker at Holy Sepulchre cemetery in Newark NJ shows Margaret Brady 1796-1892.