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Grace Kelly (1929–82) Actress

Kelly’s grandparents, John Kelly and Mary Costello, emigrated from Ireland to Vermont. Kelly starred in numerous Hollywood �lms including the Hitchcock thrillers Dial M for Murder

and Rear Window, and married Prince Rainier of Monaco. She bought her ancestral home, a ruined cottage in County Mayo, in 1976.