Keogh family of Bellosquardo
Joseph Chapman Keogh the son of Thomas Keogh and Maria Chapman was born in Dunbar,
Co Wicklow in 1862. He was manager of the Hibernian Bank in Swinford and married Annie
Kathleen Doyne daughter of James Doyne, a Town Commissioner of Mullingar on 29.01.1896,
at 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.
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 02.05.1903 at Rossbegh, Shrewsbury Road. 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 was founded in
1916 for serving and former lady officers of the Armed Forces in WW1). Oonah joined Joseph
Keogh & Co Stockbroking firm (her father's firm). She applied to be a stockbroker in May
1925 (an application by the widow of D S Bolger, stockbroker was refused 20 years previously).
Oonah became the first Irish Woman stockbroker on 28.05.1925 but left her father's firm in
1933. She married Bayan Ivan Giltsoff, on 11.11.1933 at the Sacred Heart Church, Fareham,
Hants, England. Bryan was an artist and sculptor, with a interest in construction who had
been born in Russia. They moved to Taunton, Somerset, where they set up a construction
business, building Tudor style homes and had three children. Una of Taunton in Somerset
took the Hibernian Bank to court in 1943 but lost her case. The couple moved to Ireland in
1947 and bought a 30 acre site with an old labourer’s cottage in Kilquade. They renovated
the cottage and built 16 cottages, designed to order by 1951 called Dingley Dell which
became colloquially as the 'Russian Village on the site. Later Bayan designed houses on
Eglington Road and acted at interior designer for shops and nightclubs.
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 Marjorie Gernon, 14 Mellifont Ave, Kingstown on 20.08.1938.
9 Maureen Mary Thais Keogh born November 1911, died 27.03.1962.
©June Bow - March 2017
Joseph Chapman Keogh the son of Thomas Keogh and Maria Chapman was born in Dunbar,
Co Wicklow in 1862. He was manager of the Hibernian Bank in Swinford and married Annie
Kathleen Doyne daughter of James Doyne, a Town Commissioner of Mullingar on 29.01.1896,
at 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.
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 02.05.1903 at Rossbegh, Shrewsbury Road. 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 was founded in
1916 for serving and former lady officers of the Armed Forces in WW1). Oonah joined Joseph
Keogh & Co Stockbroking firm (her father's firm). She applied to be a stockbroker in May
1925 (an application by the widow of D S Bolger, stockbroker was refused 20 years previously).
Oonah became the first Irish Woman stockbroker on 28.05.1925 but left her father's firm in
1933. She married Bayan Ivan Giltsoff, on 11.11.1933 at the Sacred Heart Church, Fareham,
Hants, England. Bryan was an artist and sculptor, with a interest in construction who had
been born in Russia. They moved to Taunton, Somerset, where they set up a construction
business, building Tudor style homes and had three children. Una of Taunton in Somerset
took the Hibernian Bank to court in 1943 but lost her case. The couple moved to Ireland in
1947 and bought a 30 acre site with an old labourer’s cottage in Kilquade. They renovated
the cottage and built 16 cottages, designed to order by 1951 called Dingley Dell which
became colloquially as the 'Russian Village on the site. Later Bayan designed houses on
Eglington Road and acted at interior designer for shops and nightclubs.
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 Marjorie Gernon, 14 Mellifont Ave, Kingstown on 20.08.1938.
9 Maureen Mary Thais Keogh born November 1911, died 27.03.1962.
©June Bow - March 2017