{"id":2392,"date":"2025-12-23T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/?page_id=2392"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:09:34","slug":"tribes-of-galway-browne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/index.php\/tribes-of-galway\/tribes-of-galway-browne\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribes of Galway – Browne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Motto<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>: Fortiter et fideliter (Boldly and Faithfully)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Browne family established themselves in Galway and Mayo following the arrival of Philippus de Browne in 1170. A governor and military leader, he played a key role in the Siege of Limerick. Descendants settled in Galway, notably Walter Browne, whose house once stood on Abbeygate Street. Prominent estates included Mounthazel, Moyne, and Castlemacgarret (Co. Mayo). Some traditions trace another branch to Sir David Browne and his son Stephen who settled at Killpatricke, near Dublin, where a branch settled in Brownstown, near Loughrea, and then onto Athenry and Galway, further enriching their historical presence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By the mid-seventeenth century the Browne family owned a number of very substantial houses in Galway city, the most notable (built in 1627 by Martin Browne and his wife Maria Lynch) which stood in Abbeygate St. It is noted on the 1651 Galway Pictorial Map as T<\/strong><\/span><\/span>he mansion house of Martin Browne, citizen. <\/b><\/span><\/span>The doorway and first floor window of this house have been re-erected on the square in Galway and are decorated with elaborate coats of arms of the Browne and Lynch families. (Marked as <\/span><\/span>d<\/b><\/span><\/span> on the map)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The mansion house of Sir Dominick Browne, knight<\/b><\/span><\/span> was also depicted on the map. He was a cousin of Martin Browne, whose house was situated across the street in Lower Abbeygate Street. (Marked as <\/span><\/span>Z<\/b><\/span><\/span> on the map).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The family most directly descended from the seventeenth century Sir Dominick Browne includes Lord Oranmore and Browne whose seat was at Castlemagarret, near Claremorris, Co. Mayo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1651 Map<\/strong>: https:\/\/galwaycivictrust.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantec_Scan-of-1651-map.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources Consulted<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Books<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Dargan, Pat, Galway \u2013 City of Heritage<\/i>, Eastwood Books, Dublin, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Dowd, Peadar, \u201cA Family Heritage in Stone\u201d, Galway Roots- Journal of the Galway Family History Society West<\/i>, Summer 1993, (pp6-8)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hardiman, James, Hardiman\u2019s History of Galway,<\/i> 1820 (reprint, Connacht Tribune 1985)<\/span><\/p>\n

Larkin, Patrick \u201cSOME TOWN CASTLES OF GALWAY.\u201dJournal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society<\/i> 72 (2020): 157\u201372. <\/span><\/p>\n

Martyn Adrian, The Tribes Of Galway; 1124- 1642<\/i>, Galway; Adrian Martyn, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Neill T.P., The Tribes and other Galway families<\/i>, (1984), reprint, Galway Civic Trust, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Prunty, Jacinta; Walsh, Paul, Galway- Irish Historic Town Atlas No 28<\/i>, Royal Irish Academy, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Walsh, Paul, Renaissance Galway- Delineating the Seventeenth Century City<\/i>, Royal Irish Academy, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Internet<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to County Galway Guide, \u2018\u2019Tribes of Galway\u201d, (2007), https:\/\/www.galway-ireland.ie\/galway-tribes.htm<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.houseofnames.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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