Marcus McGrath was born in Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1874. His parents were
Thomas McGrath (b.1840) and Bridget Scanlon (b. 1844) and his paternal
grandparents were Marcus McGrath (b. 1810) and Anne McNamara (b. 1804),
all from Newmarket-on-Fergus. Marcus was ordained to the priesthood in
1901 and was appointed curate in Ruan Parish in 1905. He laid the first
stone for the new Ruan
Church in 1910 and was instrumental in collecting money for the new
building. Fr McGrath died in 1928.
Fr Marcus McGrath with contractors in the newly-finished church in Ruan, 1911
