Brown (Mount Brown)
John Southwell Brown held an estate in the parishes of Croagh and Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Killeenagarriff, Kilmurry and Stradbally, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He was a grandson of John Brown of Danesfort and Mount Brown, county Limerick and his wife Meliora Southwell, a granddaughter of 1st Viscount Southwell. In March 1853 Castle Matrix and lands at Rathkeale and Croagh were advertised for sale. They were held on a lease for 99 years Viscount Southwell to John S. Brown, dated 20 September 1849. The senior branch of the family was located at Clonboy, county Clare, although many family members lived in the Rathkeale locality. Colonel Edward Brown of Dromard House, Rathkeale, owned 1,272 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danesfort | Ballywinterrourke | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Ballyallinan 133 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R366 396
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Castle Matrix | Castlematrix | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Rathkeale Rural 130 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R352 412
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Mount Brown | Dromard Demesne | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Dromard 135 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R396 392
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Shannon Park | Dromroe | Kilmurry | Limerick | Ballysimon 45 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R608 575
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Commission of the Peace to J.S. Brown for Co Limerick, 1853. M.1011; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Brown, 8 Mar 1853, Vol 20 (53), MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Farrell, 28 Jan 1858, Vol 50 (23), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 55
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 146
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 59 (Ballywinterrourke), 63 (Castlematrix), 66 (Dromard Demesne): Barony of Clanwilliam, 81 (Dromroe), 128 (Lisnagry)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 148 (Danesfort), 294 (Mount Brown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 113-114 (Mount Brown), II, 500 (Mount Brown, Deansfort, Castle Matrix)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Rathkeale, V, 318 (Castlematrix, Mount Brown): Parish of Kilmurry, IV, 345 (Shannon Park House)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 270
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 104 (Mount Brown)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 230
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 73 (Castle Matrix)
- HELFERTY, Seamus & REFAUSSE, Raymond. '' Directory of Irish Archives''. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003 : 23 (Castle Matrix)