Browne (Kenmare)

Smith states that Sir Valentine Browne was granted over 6000 acres in county Kerry after the Desmond Rebellion. Political allegiences in the seventeenth century caused the size of the estate to fluctuate. It was consolidated in the eighteenth century and the Kenmare estate amounted to over 91,000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s as well as over 22,000 acres in county Cork and over 4000 in county Limerick. Lord Kenmare was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Aghadoe, Aglish, Currans, Kilcredane, Kilcummin, Killarney, Killeentierna, Kilnanare, Molahiffe and Nohavaldaly in the barony of Magunihy at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In 1822 Thomas, 3rd Earl of Kenmare, married Catherine, daughter and co heir with her sisters (two of whom were Bridget O'Reilly and Ellen Bagot) of Edmund O'Callaghan of Kilgory, county Clare. Griffith's Valuation records the Earl, James John Baggott and the Reverend Joseph O'Reilly holding an estate mainly situated in the parish of Clonlea, barony of Tulla Lower, but also in the parishes of Killuran and Tulla. The 3rd Earl was involved in the sale of Kilgory in the early 1860s. The county Limerick estate of the Earl of Kenmare was principally located in the parish of Hospital, but also in the parishes of Ballynamona and Knockainy, barony of Smallcounty. Lewis writes that the parish of Hospital was granted to Sir Valentine Browne ancestor of the Earls of Kenmare, who erected a castle. The Kenmare estate held several townlands in the parish of Kilcomoge, barony of Bantry at the time of Griffith's Valuation.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballycasheen House	Ballycasheen	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Urban 68	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V983907 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Belview House	Lackabane	Aghadoe	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V928909 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Coom Wood Cottage	Coom	Kilcummin	Killarney	Coom 60	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W132953 OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 79
Dooneen Cottage (Upper Park Cottage)	Dooneen	Aghadoe	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V975926 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Drom Hall & Sunday's Well	Dromhale	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Urban 68	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V969904 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Dromadeesirt Cottage	Dromadeesirt	Kilcummin	Killarney	Kilcummin 88	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V963971 OS Sheet: 58 Discovery map: 78
Fortwilliam House	Lissyviggeen	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W000899 OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 78
Freemount Lodge	Freemount	Kilcummin	Killarney	Rathmore 64	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W120928 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 79
Glena Cottage	Glena	Killarney	Killarney	Muckross 74	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V930858 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 78
Kenmare House (Killarney House 1)	Demesne	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Urban 68	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V965903 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Killarney House	Knockreer	Aghadoe	Killarney	Killarney Urban 68	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V955907 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Killeen House	Killeen	Aghadoe	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V949955 OS Sheet: 58 Discovery map: 78
Knocknamucklagh House	Knocknamucklagh	Kilnanare	Killarney	Kilnanare	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q892013 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 71
Knockaneacoolteen House	Knockaneacoolteen	Currans	Killarney	Kilnanare	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q901068 OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 71
Killarney Mills	Derreen	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V956916 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Mount Prospect	Ballynamaunagh	Kilcummin	Killarney	Kilcummin	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V983941 OS Sheet: 58 Discovery map: 78
Ross Cottage	Ross Island	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V950884 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Sheheree Cottage	Sheheree	Killarney	Killarney	Coolies 70	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V987886 OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 78
Woodford House	Lissyviggeen	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Rural 67	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V993902 OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 78
Woodlawn (Killarney)	Woodlawn	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Urban 72	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V971897 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Molahiffe House	Bohereens	Molahiffe	Killarney	Molahiffe 91	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q914039 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 71
Corbally House (Magunihy)	Corbally	Molahiffe	Killarney	Molahiffe 91	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q909028 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 71
Cloonts	Cloonts	Nohavaldaly	Killarney	Rathmore	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W165940 OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 79
Knocknaseed	Knocknaseed	Nohavaldaly	Killarney	Coom 60	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W158966 OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 79
Shinnagh House	Shinnagh	Nohavaldaly	Killarney	Rathmore	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: W172927 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 79
Roseville Cottage	Scrahane	Killarney	Killarney	Killarney Urban 68	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V966898 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Cleeny	Cleeny	Aghadoe	Killarney	Killarney Rural 71	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: V958921 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78
Kenmare Castle	Barrysfarm	Hospital	Kilmallock	Hospital 30	Smallcounty	Limerick	OSI Ref: R707 362 OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 65
Castlefarm	Castlefarm	Hospital	Kilmallock	Hospital 30	Smallcounty	Limerick	OSI Ref: R702 373 OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 65
Ballylicky House	Ballylicky	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W007533 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Dunnamark Mill	Dunnamark Mill-lot	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W004501 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Gurteenroe House	Gurteenroe	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V993504 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Newtown (Bantry)	Newtown	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V996494 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Reenydonagan House	Reenydonagan	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V999518 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Knockainy Cottage	Knockainy West	Knockainy	Kilmallock	Knockainy 23	Smallcounty	Limerick	OSI Ref: R681 353 OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 65
Molahiffe Castle	Castlefarm	Molahiffe	Killarney	Molahiffe 91	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q910045 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 71

Archival sources

Kenmare Papers; Muckross House Research Library
D4151: 17 th cent-20th cent: family and estate papers; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
D/4210 : 1858-1945: Killarney estate leases and accounts; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Kenmare Papers: documents relating to the linen industry in Kerry, 1748, 1759-65. ; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), O’Reilly, Kenmare & Bagot, 11 July 1861, Vo 28, 13-54 & 8 May 1862, Vol 27, 11-32 (with list of purchasers); James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Reilly, Kenmare & Bagot, 11 July 1861, Vol 62 (59) & 8 May 1862, 65 (14), (Kilgory estate, Co Clare) MRGS 39/031 & 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Kenmare Papers, letters to and by Browne family re their estates in Kerry, 18th century. ; National Library of Ireland
Ms. 2770: Copy of maps and survey of Viscount Kenmare's Kerry estate by William Raymond and Thomas Ledman, 1720-1724. ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of manuscript map of the deer park, Knockreer estate, by John Barry, 1729. 16 H 8 (20); National Library of Ireland
Microfilm copy of Rent ledger of the Kenmare estate, 1736-1794. n.5430; National Library of Ireland
Notebook of Thomas, fourth Viscount Kenmare, 1755-57, published in McLysaght, ''The Kenmare Manuscripts''. ; National Library of Ireland
Marquess of Camden Papers U840: Letter from Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare, 1754-1812, principally relating to his title. ; Kent History and Library Centre
Stafford Family Archive: D641/3/A/3/2/8 1809: Pre-nuptial settlement of Sir Thos. Gage of Hengrave Hall and Lady Mary Anne Browne of Kenmare, Ireland. ; Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office
Private Act, 13 George I, c. 28 HL/PO/PB/1/1726/13G1n63 1726: An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of Valentine Brown Esquire, commonly called Lord Kenmare, in the Kingdom of Ireland, for Payment of Debts and Incumbrances affecting the same ; Parliamentary Archives
Case of Valentine Browne, Lord Kenmare versus others, re title to parts of forfeited estates of Nicholas Browne in counties Limerick and Kerry, 1731. House of Lords Appeals, Vol.X. ; King's Inn Library
Marriage Settlement of Nicholas Browne, son of Sir Valentine Browne, of Ross, Killarney and Eylon, daughter of Thomas Browne of Hospital, county Limerick, 1684. Baker Papers, D.27,171 [in poor condition]. ; National Library of Ireland
Photostats of maps of parts of Kenmare estates in parishes of Knockany & Hospital Co Limerick, 1720, 1748, 1766. 16 H 32 (5-9); National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Browne of Hospital, later Lords Kenmare, c 1550-1640. GO MS 159:48-49; National Library of Ireland
Kenmare Estates: Rental of Visct. Kenmare's estates in Kerry, Limerick and Bantry as set at May, 1740. Rental of the estates, 1747-61 (cont. on next reel). n.3169, p.2789 ; National Library of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942-43: Parish of Firies & Parish of Killarney. ; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Magunihy Barony: 5 (Dooneen), 9 (Killeen), 11 (Lackabane), 23 (Knockanecoolteen), 90 (Ballycasheen House), 124 (Sheheree Cottage) 95 (Kenmare House & Killarney Flour Mills), 96 (Drom Hall & Sunday’s Well), 97 (Glena), 118 (Woodford & Fort William House), 50 (Coom Wood Cottage) 52 (Dromadeesirt Cottage), 52 (Freemount Lodge), 136 (Knocknamucklagh), 140 (Molahiffe), 141 (Corbally), 149 (Cloonts), 150 (Knocknaseed), 151 (Shinnagh)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. II, 127-129 (Killarney Parish), Vol. II, 10 (Hospital Parish), Vol.II, 164-165 (Kilmocomoge Parish)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 143, 150
HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 246
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 255 (Cleeny), 256 (Lackabane, Deerpark, Ross Island), 257 (Glena)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Smallcounty, 40 (Barrysfarm), 43 (Castlefarm)
SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof.'' Dublin: 1774. : 32, 37-49.
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol. I, Aghadoe parish, 27.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bantry: 8 (Ballylicky), 34 (Dunnamark Mill), 38 (Gurteenroe),50 (Newtown), 53 (Reenydonagan)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxix, 230 (Killarney House)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 187-200 (Detailed description of the lakes of Killarney & Lord Kenmare's estate,including map)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.248

Modern printed sources

Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 238 (Dooneen), 160 (Knockanecoolteen), 153-4 (Kenmare/Killarney House), 101 (Drom Hall), 228 (Sunday’s Well), 39 (Ballynamaunagh), 100 (Dromadeesirt Cottage), 119 (Freemount Lodge), 86 (Coom Wood Cottage), 87 (Corbally House)
MacLysaght, Edward (ed). ''The Kenmare Manuscripts''. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1970. : All
Horgan, Donal. “The development of tourism in Killarney, 1720-2000” in Larner, Jim. Killarney: History and Heritage. (Cork: Collins Press, 2005).: 122-138
O'Hare, Patricia. ''The Browne family, Earls of Kenmare'' in Larner, Jim. Killarney: History and Heritage. (Cork: Collins Press, 2005). : 74-89
''Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society'': Donnelly, James S. The Kenmare estate during the nineteenth century, Part I. Vol XXI (1988), 5-41.
''Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society'': Donnelly, James S. The Kenmare estate during the nineteenth century, Part II. Vol XXII (1989), 61-98.
''Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society'': Donnelly, James S. The Kenmare estate during the nineteenth century, Part III. Vol XXIII (1990), 5-45.
''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': BARY, Valerie. Molahiffe House. 9 (1998), 28-30.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 162-163 (Kenmare House)
''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': O'SULLIVAN, Donal J. Lord Kenmare's century old hydro station on the Deenagh river gets a new lease of life. X (1999), 27-28.
O'SULLIVAN, Michael. ''A history of Hospital and its environs''. The author, 1995: All
CASEY, Albert Eugene. ''O’Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher and Upper Blackwater in Ireland''. Birmingham Ala.: Knocknagree Historical Fund, 1952: I, 531-606
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Baker Papers, the property of Major R. E. Gabbett of Ballytobbin, Callan, Co Kilkenny, mainly relating to Baker owners of Ballytobin in 18th century, includes documents re Browne of Hospital 17th – 18th centuries. Report No 94
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: List of papers 1750-1850 of the Browne family, Earls of Kenmare, in PRONI. Special List 422
''Weekly Irish Times'': 14 May 1938 Kenmare House
HICKS, David. ''Irish country houses: a chronicle of change''. Cork: The Collins Press, 2012. : 26-39