Denis Thomas Keogh (1838 - 1911)

Born 1838 in County Galway, Ireland

Died 24 Aug 1911 at about age 73 in Rosewood, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Denis Thomas Keogh b. 1838 Briarfield, Galway, Ireland, d. 1911 Rosewood, Queensland, Australia

He married Agnes McPhail in 1858 in Heathcote

Their child:

• Margaret Agnes (Maggie) Keogh b. 1873 d. 1940^{[1] [2] [3]} m. Thomas Joseph Doran 11 Oct 1894 ^[4]

His wife died 27th November, 1899^[5]

He died 25 Aug 1911, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (aged 73 years)

"KEOGH.—On the 25th August, 1911, at his late residence, Brisbane- street, Ipswich, Denis Thomas Keogh, aged 73 years, youngest son of the late Thomas Joseph Keogh (Commissioner for Valuations under the Griffith Administion), Onagh House, Taughmaconnell, County Roscommon, Ireland. R.I.P."^[6]

Obit

"THE LATE DENIS KEOGH"
M.L.A.
,A Good Man Gone.
Denis Thomas Keogh is no .more. „ ..For many years the member , for Rosewood was a striking figure in the State Parliament, and he was representing- his constituents In the Assembly until .little more than an hour before' his call to Eternity came, shortly after midnight on Thursday last he appeared hale and hearty when he left the House, after adjournment, on Thursday, to catch a train, and he seemed in .good health, when he reached Ipswich. 'Twas shortly after the arrival of the train at Ipswich that he sot a had turn, and was conveyed by the Ambulance to Ids home, where his spirit passed peacefully away. 1 The' doctor's decision was heart failure.
Denis Keogh was 74 years of ago when he died, and he had served his adopted country honorably for nearly 60 years, having come to Victrola in the stirring days of the early fifties, when diggers dared dangers and death to win fortunes. Denis, was a Calway man, and the brogue of Briarfield. was with him to the end.
Before aspiring-for- State honors, the late member for Rosewood served as alderman in the Ipswich City Council for 11 years, and he presided as Mayor for one term. Elected a member of the State parliament lb 18$G, Denis Keogh, notwithstanding his years, was a 'faithful- representative, and he was never missing from his post when his vote was needed for his party. He was a thorough Philpite, and when Kidston became converted and leader of the mixed- team, the member for Rosewood rebelled, and a bold attempt was made by the P.P.L. to silence him by running a candidate against him. A plain, blunt man, Denis Thomas Keoglh was always content to let others do the speech-making records, and of him it con be said that he had the respect of ail who knew him."^[7]

Research Notes

Possibly related to Ignatius Keogh b. 1771 of from an old and respectable family in Taughmaconnell, County Roscommon who migrated to Victoria in 1830s/1840s^{[8] [9]} Son of Anthony McKeogh, d 1792 & Margaret French, d 1819 ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry File, https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/denis-thomas-keogh-24-1m5yd72
2. ↑ https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Former-Members/Former-Members-Register/Former-Member-Details?id=507064584
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Keogh
4. ↑ Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908) Sat 13 Oct 1894, Page 4, Family Notices, Trove, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123757032
5. ↑ The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wed 28 Nov 1900, Page 4, Family Notices, Trove, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19066332
6. ↑ Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Sat 2 Sep 1911, Page 4, Family Notices, Trove, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112044842
7. ↑ Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954) Sun 27 Aug 1911, Page 2, THE LATE DENIS KEOGH, M.L.A. Trove, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201745826
8. ↑ https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database/ignatius-keogh
9. ↑ http://www.rosfamilyhistory.esco.net.au/Keogh.htm
10. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/fitzaoife?lang=en&iz=12978&p=ignatius&n=keogh