Rynagh O'Grady


Rynagh O'Grady was an Irish actress who was known for her roles of Mary O'Leary in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and Minnie Kennedy in the 1999 film A Love Divided. She trained in the Abbey Theatre School and first appeared on their stage in 1969.
In Father Ted, she starred alongside Patrick Drury as a husband and wife couple, John and Mary, who constantly argue and fight, but act happily married when talking to the priests.
O'Grady died on 8 February 2021, at the age of 69.

Partial filmography

Play for Today - GráinneWithin These Walls - Cathy RooneyLet's Get Those English Girls - DoreenThe Glittering Prizes - ChristineYanks Go Home - Miss FranklinThe Stud - Meter Maid S.O.S. Titanic - Mary Agatha GlynnCan We Get On Now, Please? Number 10 - Mary CoghlanAscendancy - RoseThe Lilac Bus - NancyThe Commitments - Bernie's MotherFar and Away - OliveThe Bill - Mrs. ConnorThe Snapper - Neighbour 1Don't Leave Me This Way - Viv HicksThe Bullion Boys - Mrs. O'BrianThe Rector's Wife - Ella PringleWidows' Peak - Maddie O'Hara, Broome's MaidFather Ted - Mary O'LearyMoll Flanders - Kindly SisterNight Train - WinnieA Love Divided - Minnie KennedyWhen Brendan met Trudy - LynnThe Cassidys - Jane TraynorUltimate Force - MaryBreakfast on Pluto - Mrs. CoyleDorothy Mills - Mrs. Mc CllellanSupervized - Dolores