Browne (Brownville)
The Brownes of Brownville, near Galway city, were connected to the Brownes of Ardskea, parish of Kilmoylan, barony of Clare, county Galway and their descent is given in a family history in the archives of the James Hardiman Library, NUI, Galway. In 1789 James Valentine Browne married Jane Symmers of Aberdeen, Scotland and they had three sons. In 1819, their eldest son, James, married Catherine Elizabeth O'Flaherty of Renvyle and sister of Anthony O'Flaherty of Knockbane. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Browne held the townlands of Gortatleva and Brownville in the parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway and three townlands in the parish and barony of Moycullen, county Galway. His estate was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in April 1854. 1300 acres was purchased by Isadore Lynch for £4000. Brownville House, Riverview and part of Gortatleva was advertised in June 1860. James Valentine Browne of Brownville, Professor of Surgery at Queen's College, Galway, 1849-1887, was eventually found out to be an imposter, pretending to be his cousin. [Valentine Browne of Harcourt St, Dublin, owned 801 acres in county Galway in the 1870s].
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Riverview | Gortatleva | Rahoon | Galway | Galway South Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M262284
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Brownville | Brownville | Rahoon | Galway | Galway Rural 45 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M261 292
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Albano Cottage | Gortatleva | Rahoon | Galway | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M262285
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Newcastle | Newcastle | Rahoon | Galway | Galway West Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M291 262
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 45 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Brown, 27 Apr 1854, Vol 27, MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Browne, 29 June 1860, Vol 59, MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of the Brownes of Ardskea and Brownville. P41; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Landed Estates Court Rental, Browne, 29 June 1860, barony of Moycullen & Galway town. M24,257 ; Galway County Library
- Ordnance Survey maps showing lands in non congested districts: estate of Rev F.J. McCormack, 151 acres in barony of Galway, 1907. 15.A.23(16); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 48 (Gortatleva) & 87 (Brownville)
- 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 (Brownville)
- 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: 293
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 140 (Newcastle)
Modern printed sources
- BEGGAN, G. ''The Political Lives and Times of the Comyns of Woodstock'', unpublished, 2003. (Copy in NUIG): 21
- FOLEY, Tadhg (ed.). ''From Queen's College to National University: Essays on the Academic History of QCG/UCG/NUI Galway''. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999: 147
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 10 November 1854, p.5.