Keogh family of Bellosquardo
Joseph Keogh the son of Thomas Keogh and Maria Chapman was born in Dunbar Wicklow in 1862.
Joseph a Bank Manager for the Hibernian Bank in Swinford married Annie Kathleen Doyne daughter
of James Doyne a Town Commissioner of Mullingar on 29.01.1896 in the University Church,
Stephens Green, Dublin. The family lived in Swinford in 1901 and Joseph remained with the Bank
until 1902. By 1911 they had moved to Shrewsbury Road and lived at Trentham on the Leopardstown
Road from 1915- 1925. They moved to Bellosquardo circa 1926. The Bellosquardo estate was sold in
1940 for £400 to the TD Patrick J Ruttledge. Joseph Keogh died 10.02.1944. Annie Keogh died on
26.10.1946.
They had 9 children
1 Wanda Mary Victoria Keogh born Mullingar 1897. Wanda Keogh married Gildart Jackson.
Wanda died on 08.07.1942 aged 44 in Kensington.
2 Mildred Mary Gladys Keogh born Swinford in 1899. Mildred died 13.01.1922 aged 22 years
in Dublin.
3 Ita Mary Josephine Keogh born Mullingar 1901. Lived at Crofton Farm Hampshire and died
circa 1945 of Tuberculosis.
4 Una Mary Irene Keogh born 1903. She was educated at the Benedictine Convent in
Princethorpe, Warwickshire and later attended Alexandra College. In 1921 she went to
France to take an advanced course in commercial languages. She was a member of the
Helena Club in London (a club which originally founded for serving and former lady officers
of the Armed Forces in World War II). Oonagh became the first Irish Woman stockbroker
in 1925 and married Bayan Giltsoff on 11.11.1933 at Sacred Heart Church, Fareham, Hants,
England. Una died 18.07.1989 aged 86.
5 Genevieve Mary Florence Keogh born 1905 Dublin and died on 28.08.1926 aged 21 years at
Crofton Farm in Fareham, Hampshire accidentally shot by her brother Doyne who was aged 17
at that time.
6 James Dermot Doyne Keogh born June 1906 and died 25.11.1906 aged 5 months.
7 Eveleen Keogh born May 1908 Dublin. Eveleen died in 1932 of Tuberculosis in Hastings.
8 Arthur Joseph Doyne Keogh born July 1909 Dublin married Sheila Elizabeth McCann in 1938 at
St Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire. She was the daughter of the late Mathew McCann of
Ballincrad, Co Meath and Mrs McCann, 14 Mellifont Ave, Kingstown on 20.08. 1938. Doyne
died 1980.
9 Maureen Mary Thais Keogh born November 1911, died 27.03.1962.
©June Bow - March 2017
Joseph Keogh the son of Thomas Keogh and Maria Chapman was born in Dunbar Wicklow in 1862.
Joseph a Bank Manager for the Hibernian Bank in Swinford married Annie Kathleen Doyne daughter
of James Doyne a Town Commissioner of Mullingar on 29.01.1896 in the University Church,
Stephens Green, Dublin. The family lived in Swinford in 1901 and Joseph remained with the Bank
until 1902. By 1911 they had moved to Shrewsbury Road and lived at Trentham on the Leopardstown
Road from 1915- 1925. They moved to Bellosquardo circa 1926. The Bellosquardo estate was sold in
1940 for £400 to the TD Patrick J Ruttledge. Joseph Keogh died 10.02.1944. Annie Keogh died on
26.10.1946.
They had 9 children
1 Wanda Mary Victoria Keogh born Mullingar 1897. Wanda Keogh married Gildart Jackson.
Wanda died on 08.07.1942 aged 44 in Kensington.
2 Mildred Mary Gladys Keogh born Swinford in 1899. Mildred died 13.01.1922 aged 22 years
in Dublin.
3 Ita Mary Josephine Keogh born Mullingar 1901. Lived at Crofton Farm Hampshire and died
circa 1945 of Tuberculosis.
4 Una Mary Irene Keogh born 1903. She was educated at the Benedictine Convent in
Princethorpe, Warwickshire and later attended Alexandra College. In 1921 she went to
France to take an advanced course in commercial languages. She was a member of the
Helena Club in London (a club which originally founded for serving and former lady officers
of the Armed Forces in World War II). Oonagh became the first Irish Woman stockbroker
in 1925 and married Bayan Giltsoff on 11.11.1933 at Sacred Heart Church, Fareham, Hants,
England. Una died 18.07.1989 aged 86.
5 Genevieve Mary Florence Keogh born 1905 Dublin and died on 28.08.1926 aged 21 years at
Crofton Farm in Fareham, Hampshire accidentally shot by her brother Doyne who was aged 17
at that time.
6 James Dermot Doyne Keogh born June 1906 and died 25.11.1906 aged 5 months.
7 Eveleen Keogh born May 1908 Dublin. Eveleen died in 1932 of Tuberculosis in Hastings.
8 Arthur Joseph Doyne Keogh born July 1909 Dublin married Sheila Elizabeth McCann in 1938 at
St Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire. She was the daughter of the late Mathew McCann of
Ballincrad, Co Meath and Mrs McCann, 14 Mellifont Ave, Kingstown on 20.08. 1938. Doyne
died 1980.
9 Maureen Mary Thais Keogh born November 1911, died 27.03.1962.
©June Bow - March 2017