Family
Magrath married a Roman Catholic, Amy, daughter of John O'Meara of Lisany, in County Tipperary; and had issue, Turlough, Redmond, Bryan, Mark, Mary, Cicely, Anne, and Eliza. Upon his wife's death he married again.
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