Looking for missing connection with Sean McGarry and his cousin Mary Maher

[silvergirl2020]

Hello, my paternal grandmother Mary Maher was a cousin of Sean McGarry.She and my grandfather Patrick Spellman and her brother Martin Maher helped Sean to hide when he escaped from Lincoln prison. They hid him in the cellar in their house in Leeds, Yorkshire.
I cannot find the family connection, which I think must be a common grandparent.I Feel quite stuck and would appreciate any pointers .Thank you for reading

[Milliepede]

Hello, if he was a cousin then you have the connection already?  One of each of their parents were siblings. 

You need to provide more factual information like where these people were born and when please.

[Gan Yam]

Welcome to Rootschat.  Don't know the answer to your question. Was this the Sean McGarry that escaped from prison with Eamon de Valera (Irish Taoiseach for 14 years) and Sean Milroy? If it was it sounds like an interesting story!

[Sinann]

Is this Sean McGarry born 1886 died 1958?
If so, Irish Genealogy is down for maintenance today so we can’t search for an answer just at the moment.
There is a Military Service pension file for him http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/detail.aspx#279
In case you haven’t already got it.

[heywood]

Looking at articles and a published tree, Sean McGarry was b Dublin 1886.
He married Tomasina Ryan in 1811.

If this is Patrick Spellman in 1911, he is from a Tipperary and Mary from Dublin.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWJB-HML

Have you traced them back to parents?

[silvergirl2020]

Milliepede, thank you.Mary Maher was born in Dublin in 1870.her parents were Martin Maher and Mary Knox living in Dublin. I do not know her grandparents details.
Sean McGarry was born in 1886, married Thomasina Ryan, living in Dublin. His parents were John McGarry and Mary Kelly. I cannot find those names in my researches of my grandmothers family line.

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Patrick's parents are Jeremiah Spellman 1838-22 July 1908 Leeds Killingbeck Roman Cemetery
Sarah /Sally Meara or Mahar on English birth reg for children married Sep 21st 1856 Killaloe Roscrea Ireland  (1829/31- Mar 1901)

Mary Mahr daughter of Martin MAhar born 1838 shoemaker Burial 13 Aug 1912 same Cemetery in Leeds   and his wife Mary Knox married at St Patrick Liverpool 18.6.1865 d of Catherine Knox .Martin son of William and Elizabeth Mahr. Mary born 1841 Dublin and Martin also in Dublin.

Not sure of dates etc for Sean McGarry ,does someone have him?

Ciderdrinker

[silvergirl2020]

Gan Yam, thank you. It is the same Sean McGarry, and it is a fascinating story.Well documented in varied sources on the internet.

[silvergirl2020]

Thank you so much everyone for all these replies, it is a great help and I will follow all of the new clues. I want to pin-point the actual relative they have in common, which is why I think it must be a grandparent.