Bermingham/Birmingham (Rosshill)
Colonel John Browne owned a substantial estate in the barony of Ross, county Galway, at the end of the 17th century, which the trustees for the sale of his estates sold to James Naper and Thomas Smith in June 1700. The estate was immediately leased back to Peter Browne, son and heir of the Colonel. During the 18th century Peter Browne's lease (renewable for ever) of the estate became vested in the descendants of his sister Elizabeth who had married John Bermingham, a cousin of Baron Athenry. In the 19th century the estate became the joint property of the Earls of Leitrim and Charlemont through their marriages with the daughters and heiresses of William Bermingham of Ross, who died in 1799.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosshill | Kilbeg Lower | Ross | Oughterard | Cloonbur 157 | Ross | Galway |
OSI Ref: M087 569
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 38 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- Killadoon Papers, Collection List 81, estate and business papers of William Bermingham. MS 36,023; National Library of Ireland
- Clements Papers at Killadoon, county Kildare. C/1-2 ; Private Possession
- Rosshill House photos. 022/085 ; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 48-49
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 78
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': CHAMNEY, Anne R. Extracts from Father Clare’s Annotations to the Conformity Rolls, include reference to this family. X (2001), 427-454
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': MOHR, Paul. The de Berminghams, Barons of Athenry. LXIII (2011), 43-56