Biography
Margaret 'Maggie' McDarby was born on January 27th 1908 and baptised on February 2nd 1908 in Doonane, Co Laois to parents Edward McDarby and Anne Murphy.
In the 1911 census she is living with her parents and five of her siblings at house 48 in Doonane.
Margaret married Mathew Callaghan on October 28th 1930 in Rathgar Church, Rathmines. Together they had eleven children. They are more commonly known as Mattie & Maggie. They lived in Dublin city before moving to Rush, Co Dublin in 1940. The original family home in the Sandy Hills, Rush no longer exists. In 1950 the family moved to Hayestown, Rush.
Mathew worked on building sites Jim Colman of the channel road, Rush and on other sites in Dublin during the 1940's.
Mathew, like many Irishmen moved to London in the late 1940's to work and support the family back home.
Maggie died on March 10th 1982 and is buried in Whitestown cemetery in Rush.