Rynagh O'Grady

Rynagh O'Grady (18 April 1951 – 7 February 2021 ) 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 7 February 2021, aged 69.

Partial filmography

 * Play for Today (1973, TV Series) - Gráinne
 * Within These Walls (1975, TV Series) - Cathy Rooney
 * Let's Get Those English Girls (1976) - Doreen
 * The Glittering Prizes (1976) - Christine
 * Yanks Go Home (1977, TV Series) - Miss Franklin
 * The Stud (1978) - Meter Maid (uncredited)
 * S.O.S. Titanic (1979, TV Movie) - Mary Agatha Glynn
 * Can We Get On Now, Please? (1980, TV Series)
 * Number 10 (1983, TV Mini-Series) - Mary Coghlan
 * Ascendancy (1983) - Rose
 * The Lilac Bus (1990, TV Movie) - Nancy
 * The Commitments (1991) - Bernie's Mother
 * Far and Away (1992) - Olive
 * The Bill (1993, TV Series) - Mrs. Connor
 * The Snapper (1993, TV Series) - Neighbour 1
 * Don't Leave Me This Way (1993, TV Movie) - Viv Hicks
 * The Bullion Boys (1993, TV Series) - Mrs. O'Brian
 * The Rector's Wife (1994, TV Mini-Series) - Ella Pringle
 * Widows' Peak (1994) - Maddie O'Hara, Broome's Maid
 * Father Ted (1995-1998, TV Series) - Mary O'Leary
 * Moll Flanders (1996) - Kindly Sister
 * Night Train (1998) - Winnie
 * A Love Divided (1999) - Minnie Kennedy
 * When Brendan met Trudy (2000) - Lynn
 * The Cassidys (2001, TV Series) - Jane Traynor
 * Ultimate Force (2002, TV Series) - Mary
 * Breakfast on Pluto (2005) - Mrs. Coyle
 * Dorothy Mills (2008) - Mrs. Mc Cllellan
 * Supervized (2019) - Dolores