Person:Michael McGrath (10)

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Michael McGrath
b.Abt 1809 Ireland
d.1875 Dallas, Iowa, United States
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  1. Alice McGrathAbt 1831 - 1894
  2. Patrick McGrathAbt 1835 -
  3. Mary McGrathAbt 1838 -
  4. Margaret McGrath1841 - 1907
  5. Sarah McGrath1844 -
  6. Michael McGrath1846 -
  7. Rose Ann McGrath1848 -
  8. John McGrath1850 -
  9. Rosina McGrathAbt 1851 -
  10. Bridget McGrath1854 -
  11. James McGrathAbt 1855 -
  12. Cecilia McGrathAbt 1857 -
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Name Michael McGrath
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1809 Ireland
Marriage to Margaret Duffy
Death? 1875 Dallas, Iowa, United States
Reference Number? 6959

Of the name MacGrath

The Gaelic MacGrath (pronounced magraw - the 'th' is silent in Gaelic), and its many variants: Magrath, MacGraw, Magra, comes from the Irish personal (first) name of MacRaith, originally from the personal name Rath (pronounced raw - the 'th' is silent), meaning 'grace' or 'prosperity'. The na me Macraith in its many forms is not patronymic, and was applied to men ‘endowed with more than an ordinary measure of sanctity or grace.’

The first written appearance of the name is found in The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (AD 448) in reference to Macraith the Wise, a member of the household of St. Patrick.

In 1081 the Annals of the Four Masters record that Magrath O'Hagan, Lord of Cinel Fergus, was slain.

In the Book of Sullivans, MacRaith O Suilleabhain defends Mac Carthaigh, King of Munster in 1176. Henry II arrives to keep Strongbow in check; Strongbow submits and is granted the Kingdom of Leinster. Dermot McCarthy, King of Desmond, submits to Henry, and southern kings and bishops follow suit.

Macraith is mentioned frequently as a personal name in the Eoghanact Genealogies from The Book of Munster written in 1703 by Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, Parish priest and Poet of Doneraile, North Cork

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