Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 31:

Brady, Patrick, Very Rev., Irish, Golden Jubilarian
Builder at Gayndah, Brisbane Archdiocese
Patrick and his brother, Phillip, were devoted and outstanding priests in Bris. b. 1867 (circa) at Killycar, Co. Longford; Ed. AH; ord. Easter '93. Served at Logan-Albert, Roma, Ipswich for 13 years. P.P. of Gayndah '13-22, where he built a church and the Good Samaritan Convent. Succeeded his brother Phillip at Maryborough from '22 to '27. Then appointed to the new suburban parish of Banyo and honoured with a Deanship, remaining on the active list until 1946 (circa). Last years were spent in retirement. d. 25.3.1951; age 84. Burial: Nudgee.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 7)
Ref.: Catholic Miscellany and Catholic Progress 1914-19, books written haphazardly by a contemporary priest, Fr. Jeremiah O'Leary.

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Fr Denis W. Martin, Priests of 1928, Brisbane, 2003, pp 156-159:
Dean Patrick Brady

It was at this 1928 clergy retreat in January that the Consultors of the Archdiocese met. One of their recommendations was to found two new parishes in Brisbane - Windsor and Banyo. It was to the latter that the Very Revd. Dean Patrick Brady was appointed.

Patrick Brady came from Ardagh in Co. Longford - but this was not the Ardagh where the famous chalice had been found in the year of his birth. He went to Carlow Seminary before moving on to All Hallows in 1888. In 1893, he was ordained there with William Lee and John Hennessey, later Parish Priest of Wynnum. The trio arrived in Brisbane in October of that year - the year of the great flood.

For his first two years he assisted in the Logan and Albert area, then for 16 years was the trusted curate of Andrew Horan at Ipswich. In 1912, he went as Parish Priest to Gayndah where he seemed to have everyone behind him, for in 1913 he built a new presbytery, sold the old church and site and built a new one 'uptown' in 1915, and had Archbishop Duhig up again in 1919 to open the Convent, by no means a small building as boarders were to be accommodated.

He also re-sited the Byrnestown Church and built another at Reid's Creek. It is estimated that Fr Pat covered hundreds of miles a year as he travelled about in a lovely four-wheeled buggy with two horses. At this time, his brother Fr Philip Brady was Parish Priest of Maryborough and the two brothers had some small financial interests in the gold mines around Eidsvold and Mt Perry.

In 1922, Fr Philip died and Pat succeeded him at Maryborough. The buggy went with him so visitors down from Gayndah were always given a guided tour of the fine sites around Maryborough. He had a new convent school built there in 1925, but found Maryborough 'too onerous' and asked to be relieved.

As mentioned, it was in 1928 that he went to Banyo. Just prior to moving, word was received from Ireland that his 105 year old mother had died. Fr Jordan had not long completed the new Corpus Christi Church, so the old wooden Church was moved from Nundah to become Banyo's first Church. It had quite impressive internal roofing but all was destroyed in a fire in 1976.

By now Dean Brady, he took some interest in the church choir which achieved renown entertaining the U.S. troops in World War II. In 1945, he resigned the parish to retire and move to Redcliffe.

On Easter Sunday, 25th March 1951, Dean Brady died, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese at the time. He was buried at Nudgee.

Notes: Fr Philip Brady, born 1860, ordained 1887, died in Maryborough on 21st June 1922 and was buried there.

Ardagh in Limerick was where the chalice had been found by a boy digging potatoes in the 1860s.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Martin.)

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Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Patrick Brady, died 25 Mar 1951

Patrick and his brother Phillip were devoted and outstanding priests in Brisbane. Born c1876 at Killycar, Co. Longford and educated at All Hallows, Patrick was ordained in 1893 (the first student to be ordained for Queensland). He served at Logan-Albert, Roma (1894-1898) and Ipswich for 13 years. He was PP of Gayndah from 1913-1920, where he built a Church and the Good Samaritan Convent. Succeeding his brother at Maryborough from 1922 until 1927, he was then appointed to the new suburban Parish of Banyo and honored with a Deanship. His last years were spent in retirement. He died on the Feast of the Annunciation, aged 84, in the Mater Hospital Brisbane, from Bright's Disease (then called Nephritis). He is buried in Nudgee. There seems much confusion in records between Patrick, his brother Phillip and another P. Brady (also in the Toowoomba Diocese). One report suggested that a Patrick Brady 'unfortunately' drowned not long after his Gayndah appointment in 1918.
(Ref. Linane B93)

Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.

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Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev P Brody, Unknown date of death

Pugh's list P Brody serving in Roma in 1895-97. I can find no further reference. There is a Philip Brady buried in Maryborough Catholic Cemetery – died 21st June, 1922.
(Ref. Pugh's)

Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.