Browne (Clanmaurice & Iraghticonnor)
The estate of John Beale Browne of Crotta, barony of Clanmaurice, amounted to over 2000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. Rev. George Browne, residing in Nottinghamshire, owned over 1400 acres at the same time. He was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Galey, barony of Iraghticonnor, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1877 the estate of Thomas Beale Browne of Crotta was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The Brownes owned estates in Gloucestershire from the 17th century and their main residence was Salperton Park, Andoversford. In 1771 John Browne married Mary Beale, an heiress, and it was their grandson, Thomas Beale Browne, who bought Crotta in 1863. In the 1870s Thomas Beale Browne owned 997 acres in county Limerick and 206 acres in county Kerry. Bateman, however, notes that he owned over 2000 acres in county Kerry by the 1880s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crotta House | Crotta | Kilflynn | Listowel | Kilfeighny 108 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q897254
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Cahirdown | Dromin Upper | Listowel | Listowel | Listowel Rural | Iraghticonnor | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R008346
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 64 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 20 Nov 1877, Vol 130, MRGS 39/058 & 29/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Browne of Clanmaurice, also Brownes of Waterford, 1170-1724. Genealogical Office Ms. 160, 106-110. ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Landowners the purchase of whose properties has been approved by Irish Land Commission. : 141
- 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] : 56
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 259
- 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] : 57
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 147
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.61