Anthony Brady, an Irish born Episcopalian from France considered the ‘mole’ of Wall Street left 24 corporations and an estate valued at $70 million to his eldest son Nicholas. Nicholas married Genevieve Garvan, converted to Catholicism and built this exquisite Gold Coast Mansion on Long Island's north shore. Insifada means "Long Island" in Gaelic. Having no children donated the estate to the Jesuits. Mrs. Brady had wished it previously to be a home for boys. Sadly the Jesuits sold off estate items, furniture, then land, and finally the house to developers who would demolish it. One of the ten largest homes in the United States it somehow never was put on the Register for Historic Places or protected Many local residents and historians feel this a loss as it was a beautiful location, estate and open space. Now making way for more tracts of ordinary housing. A local article on the loss of Inisfada can be read here.

Insifada