Browne (Brownstown)
A junior branch of the Brownes of The Neale and of Westport, county Mayo, who originally settled at Liskilleen, parish of Ballinrobe and by the mid 18th century were located closeby at Brownstown or Brownestown on the shore of Lough Carra. Most of the Browne estate was in the parish of Killedan, barony of Gallen, but when resident they lived at Brownstown, in the parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine, where they owned two townlands. George Bolton of Dublin was their agent in the 1830s. In 1876 George E.Browne, a Member of Parliament, of Kensington, London and Brownstown owned 2809 acres in county Mayo. Part of the estate was sold to the Congested Districts' Board in July 1899 and the remainder, with part of the Tuohy estate, in July 1906.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Brownstown | Brownstown or Doonageaga | Robeen | Ballinrobe | Newbrook 39 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M200 707
OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 38 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 4 May 1855, Vol 34, MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Browne of England and of The Neale, Westport, Breafwy, Palmerstown, Ellistron and Brownestown, Co Mayo 1438-1845. GO MS 172, 4-41; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (Barrymore), 20 Apr 1855, Browne. D/1201/55; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Map of estate of Cullen, barony of Gallen, June 1819. 16.1.3(5); National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 20 Apr 1855, Vol 34, MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Parish of Robeen & Kilcommon. ITA/3/14; Mayo County Library
- E.J. French Solicitor's Papers, copy report George Eakins Browne & another, minors, 16 Apr 1844. Acc. No 8, C.251; 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] : 56
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 307
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 517
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 80
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 105
- 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: 216
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 135 & 138
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 398 (Brownestown)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 65
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. V (1907-1908), 145-158
- ''The Dublin Gazette'': Includes details of purchases by tenants, Irish Land Commission. 5 May 1905