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Reverend Oliver Grace
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 Robinson who were the parents of Frances Grace Robinon who married my great, great, grandfather Henry Robinson Stanley on 13th February 1845.
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 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: 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.
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John Stanley (1812-1873)
This article concerns a series of cases John Stanley was involved with as a solicitor over a number of years from the mid 1840s into the 1850s, though the case was not finally resolved until 1880. I first became interested in the Heaths when I found a newspaper transcript relating to the case of Stanley v Heath on a genealogy newsgroup.
This case was associated with the breakdown of a marriage between Francis Wilson Heath and his wife Caroline Abigail Archdall Heath nee Cope. The case Heath v Heath was heard by the Consistorial Court, Armagh on Monday, 28th July 1845. It was not the first case between the couple but because Francis Heath sought a judgement for the restitution of conjugal rights against his wife Caroline it attracted wide interest and coverage in newspapers across Ireland.
The article Heath v Heath – the Disintegration of a Marriage in Victorian Times appeared in History Armagh 2015 unfortunately this edition of the magazine is not available on the History Armagh website but an exended version of the article is available here