Nora O’Mahoney was born in 1912 in Ireland. In 1947 she appeared in “Captain Boycott” which starred Stewart Granger which was made in Ireland. She also was in “Daughter of Darkness”. By the mid 1950’s she was in Hollywood and was featured in such movies as “Rally Round the Flag Boys” in 1958, “The Remarkable Mr POennypacker” and “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”. When she returned to Ireland she achieved national fame and affection as Granmother in the long running television series “Wanderly Wagon”. She died in 1989.