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As gratifying as it is to identify Bushy Park House, the mystery still remains as to what connection my wife’s grandfather, Michael Browne, had to this house. Michael brought exactly four photos with him when he emigrated from Clondegad Parish to Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1900’s: one was of...

This is what Mr. Weir's book says of the history of the house: Colonel William Wright lived in Bushy Park prior to his moving to Clontarf. He died circa 1764. This house was in the hands of the Ennistymon Macnamaras in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Timothy Macnamara had bought it from the...

With the help of Peter Beirne from the Library and Hugh Weir, Clare architectural historian, the house has been identified - thanks very much! It is the Bushy Park House, 3.5 km west of Ennis. It is now the Clare Addiction and Treatment Centre, and looks to be very well maintained. I have put a rece...

Hi Kurt, The following are the Browne Family baptism records from Clondegad that I have. There are also some marriage records as well: CLONDEGAD BAPTISM RECORDS (Records begin in 1845) ANDREW BROWNE + MARY CLEARY, Lanna Nicholas – 15 April 1849 Thomas – 4 April 1851 ANDREW BROWNE + MARY O’DEA Thomas...

Hi Murf,

Thanks for the great info in your posts. The Michael Browne from Captain Wynne's list may be our relation, and I will be following up on that.

Sam

Hi Kurt, It looks like you are one or two generations ahead of me in Browne research, so I probably won't be of much help to you. I will still post the list of Browne baptisms and marriages that I have. It is a handwritten list (now computerized) compiled in 1985 by a researcher from the Clare Herit...

Hi Kurt, If you are researching Brownes in Cappanageeragh, then ours are most likely of the same family. (I say "ours," but it's actually my wife's family I'm researching.) There have only ever been 11 or so households in Cappanageeragh, and two of them were related Browne families. My wife is desce...

Hello, I am writing from the US, and hopefully someone local can help us out! We are doing research on my wife's family, the Brownes, who were from Cappanageeragh. We have a number of old family photographs of the Brownes from the late 1800's, all from a photography studio in Ennis. Included with th...