Biography

The eldest of eight children, Mac Brádaigh

Mac Brádaigh

-Overview:Mac Brádaigh derives from the term brádach, meaning "thieving" or "dishonest", though its original sense seems to have denoted "spirited"...

 is a native of Ringsend

Ringsend

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, County Dublin

County Dublin

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. He served with the Irish Defense Forces and An Garda Síochána, married in 1960, and is the father of four daughters and a son.

Upon retirement he entered University College, Dublin, graduating in 1993 with a Special Degree in History. Since the early 1960s he has published dozens of articles on Irish genealogy and family history in journals of the Arklow Historical Society, Dublin Historical Record

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, Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne, and Genealogical Society of Ireland

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.

Articles

All articles published in the Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, unless otherwise stated.

• An Ulster Migration to Arklow
  Arklow
  Arklow , also known as Inbhear Dé from the Avonmore river's older name Abhainn Dé, is a historic town located in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Founded by the Vikings in the ninth century, Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion...
  
   1597, vol. 3, no. 1, 2002.
• My Cavan Connections, vol.3, no. 2, 2002.
• Occupants of the Village of Deansgrange
  Deansgrange
  Deansgrange in is a suburban area of South Dublin, centered around a crossroads. The area shares the name Clonkeen . The area further east of Deansgrange is known as "Kill of the Grange" Deansgrange in is a suburban area of South Dublin, centered around a crossroads. The area shares the name...
  
  , Co. Dublin, 1846-95, vol. 3, no. 2, 2002.
• Padraig MacPiarais
  Patrick Pearse
  Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916...
  
   agus Tochailt an Phoir, vol. 3, no. 2, 2002.
• Noda, the Scribally Contracted Forms Used in Irish Manuscripts, vol. 3, no. 4, 2002.
• Occupants of the Village of Kill Of The Grange, Co. Dublin, 1846-95, vol. 3, no. 3, 2002.
• The Gaelic
  Gaelic
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   Genealogies of the Irish, vol. 3, no. 4, 2002.
• James Terry's Legacy, pp.22-25, , vol. 5, no. 1, Spring 2004.
• The Genealogies in the Irish Manuscripts, pp. 33-39, Féil-Scríbhinn Liam Mhic Alasdair:Essays Presented to Liam Mac Alasdair, FGSI, ed. Rory J. Stanley, Genealogical Society of Ireland
  Genealogical Society of Ireland
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  , December 2009.

Books

• The Bradys of Cavan in history and genealogy, Irish Genealogical Sources No. 29, 2002, ISBN 1 898471 12 6.