Standish Hayes O'Grady ( ga, Anéislis Aodh Ó Grádaigh; 19 May 1832 – 16 October 1915) was an Irish antiquarian. He was born at Erinagh House,

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, the son of Admiral Hayes O'Grady. He was a cousin of the writer

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, with whom he is sometimes confused. As a child, he learnt Irish from the native speakers of his locality. He was educated at

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and

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. Although qualified as a civil engineer, he is best remembered for ''

Silva Gadelica The ''Silva Gadelica'' are two volumes of medieval tales taken from Irish folklore, translated into modern English by Standish Hayes O'Grady and published in 1892. The volumes contain many stories that together comprise the Fenian Cycle. Content ...

'' (two volumes, 1892), a collection of tales from medieval Irish manuscripts. He was a friend of antiquaries John O'Donovan and

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. In 1853, he became a founding member of the Ossianic Society. He would later become its president in 1855. In 1857 he moved to the United States where he remained for 30 years. In 1901 he contributed an essay on ''Anglo-Irish Aristocracy'' to a collection entitled ''Ideals in Ireland'' edited by

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. He died in England in 1915. His ''Catalogue of the Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum'' was unfinished on his death and was completed by

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.British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts., Dillon, M., Flower, R., O'Grady, S. Hayes. (192653)
Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Museum
London: Printed for the Trustees.

Published works

* ''The Pursuit After Diarmuid, O'Duibhne, and Grainne, the Daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, King of Ireland in the Third Century'' (1857) * ''The Pursuit of the Gilla Decair and his Horse'' * ''The Colloquy with the Ancients'' * ''Silva Gadelica (I.-XXXI.): A Collection of Tales in Irish with Extracts Illustrating Persons and Places; Volume 1'' (1892)O'Grady, S. Hayes. (1892)
Silva gadelica (I.-XXXI.)
a collection of tales in Irish with extracts illustrating persons and places. London tc. Williams and Norgate. * ''Silva Gadelica (I.-XXXI.): A Collection of Tales in Irish with Extracts Illustrating Persons and Places; Volume 2'' (1892)

References

Irish engineers Writers from County Limerick 1832 births 1915 deaths O'Grady family 19th-century Irish historians {{Ireland-writer-stub