I am seeking further information about Oliver Grace who is my 4 X great grandfather, he was the father of Sarah Grace who married Nicholas Bindon Robinson who were the parents of Frances Grace Robinon who married my great, great, grandfather Henry Stanley M.D. on 13th February 1845.
Please note the above image was generated by ChatGPT and is not an actual image of the Rev. Oliver Grace.
I know that Oliver Grace was the resident curate of Kilkeedy Parish in the Kilfenora Diocese of County Clare and that he served as curate for more than 40 years. In addition to his daughter Sarah, he had a son called Thomas.
His brother the Rev. Thomas Grace was the Archdeacon of Ardfert and rector of Westport.
Both the homes of Rev Oliver Grace and Nicholas Bindon Robinson were attacked by the Terry Alts in 1831 during agrarian and sectarian unrest in County Clare and forced to swear illegal oaths. For more details see The Terry Alt Movement.
Subsequent to these attacks the Lord Lieutenant presented the Rev Oliver Grace with a living of £200 a year in the diocese of Elphin, however the Bishop of that See refused to induct him. (Saunders Newsletter,, 25th January 1832).
The Rev Oliver Grace died in Castleblaney in April 1839.
Update 1: From Alumni Dubliennsis (Trinity College Dublin graduates)
Grace, Oliver, Sizar (Rev. Mr. Carey), June 5th, 1780, aged 13; son of Robert, Agricola (Farmer); born Kings County (now Offaly). B.A. AEst 1785.
Grace, Thomas, Pensioner. (Mr. Carey), January 27th, 1787; son of Robert, Mercator (Merchant); born Kings County (now Offaly). [N. F. P.] Scholar. 1790. B.A. Vern. 1791. M.A. Vern. 1796. [Archdeacon of Ardfert].
While not mentioned in Alumni Dubliennsis at some point Thomas received a Doctorate in Divinity.
I would be interested in finding out details of the wife and children of Oliver Grace.
Update 2: I have been contacted by a fellow researcher from Melbourne, Australia. One of his relatives Richard Marrett also married a daughter of the Rev Oliver Grace, whose home has also been raided in 1831 and again in 1833 by the Terry Alts. As she was called as a witness in a subsequent court case we know she was born Frances Grace. Further information from the same source indicates that the Rev Oliver Grace had two other sons in addition to Thomas, Robert and John both of whom served in the constabulary.
Note: https://clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm the website above contains many documents listing officials and inhabitants of County Clare that may prove useful to family historians.