Browne (Brownhall)
An estate established in the mid 17th century by royal grants to Edward Browne. This family of Brownes were at first known as Brownes of 'Tullamore' or Tullymore and later of 'Brownhall'. Their estate was mainly in the parishes of Balla and Mayo, barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo and in the parish of Kiltullagh, barony of Castlereagh, county Roscommon. By 1857-1858 they were selling off parts of their estate in the Encumbered Estates’ Court and in 1865 their Brownehall home and demesne were put up for sale. However Hans S.H.Browne still owned 2320 acres in county Mayo in 1876. The Congested Districts' Board purchased 1906 acres of this estate on 7 May 1903.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownhall | Brownhall Demesne | Mayo | Castlebar | Ballinafad 57 | Clanmorris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M238 829
OS Sheet: 90 Discovery map: 31 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 3 June 1858, Vol 51, MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 6 Oct 1857, Vol 47, MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 14 Jan 1858, Vol 50, MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Browne, 29 June 1865, Vol 77, MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Browne, 7 July 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Papers re estate in Co Mayo. D.20,904 & M.3696; National Archives of Ireland
- Papers in a Land Judges' case, re estate in Co Mayo and Galway city of Hans S.H. Browne, 1880-1889. M 5242-5243; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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: 73
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 104
- 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
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 358
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlebar Union, 135
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 307
- 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. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 136
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 234, 248 & 255
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 115 (Browne-Hall)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: Vol I, 235
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. VIII (1913-1914), 39-55