Estate: Browne/Dillon-Browne (Glencorrib)

Associated Families

• Fair
• Browne/Dillon-Browne (Glencorrib)
• Higgins (Westport)
• Tighe (The Heath)

Description

A branch of the Browne family of the Neale, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, settled near the village of Kilmaine and were generally known as of 'Ellistron' in the 18th century. In 1681 Valentine Browne was granted over 2,000 acres in the baronies of Kilmaine, Carra, Gallen and Tirawley, county Mayo with lands in counties Galway and Clare. In the 18th century the main part of the estate was in the parishes of Kilmainemore and Shrule. Two of the townlands belonging to them in the parish of Shrule, Mocorha and Bunnafollistran, had been sold to Sir Walter Blake in September 1699 by the trustees for the sale of the estate of Colonel John Browne of Westport. Robert Browne of Ellistron, parish of Kilmainemore, had a son Arthur who lived at Turin in the early 19th century. By the time of the first Ordnance Survey the Brownes were living at Glencorrib in the parish of Shrule. The last member of the family to reside at Glencorrib was Robert Dillon Browne, Member of Parliament and well known duellist, who sold the Browne estate in the barony of Kilmaine and the Holywell estate in the barony of Costello, county Mayo, in the early 1850s. The Glencorrib estate was bought by the Higgins family of Westport and James D.Meldon and the Kilmaine lands by Robert Tighe and Robert Fair. In 1882 over 150 acres in the baron of Longford, county Galway, the property of Arthur and Anne Dillon-Browne was offered for sale in the Land Judges court. In July 1882 the Irish Times reported that the Court had been informed that the tenants on the estate were willing to offer a total of £1106 to buy the property but that the owner sought a bid of up to £3000. The sale was adjourned.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Turin (H450) Turin Castle has recently been renovated. The house no longer exists but some of the farm buildings are still visible. In the 1770s Kirwan esq occupied Turin Castle and in 1814 Arthur Browne was recorded as resident there. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Samuel Lindsey Bucknall was living in Turin House and it was occupied by the Rutherfords in the 1850s.	Turin	Kilmainemore	Ballinrobe	Kilmaine 24	Kilmaine	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.56510 -9.09283 OSI Ref: M276 578 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #122.
Glencorrib (H462) Home of Robert Dillon Browne and later of the O' Higgins family, the house is now demolished. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by George O'Higgins, MP, and valued at £12.	Bunnafollistran	Shrule	Ballinrobe	Shrule 34	Kilmaine	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.52021 -9.18215 OSI Ref: M216 529 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #123.
Ellistron Castle (H1492) A Browne castle, a house is marked close by as the residence of the Brownes in the 1770s. In 1786 Wilson refers to Ellistron as the seat of Mr. Browne. However there is no house at this location on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map but an avenue is shown there.	Ellistron Parks	Kilmainemore	Ballinrobe	Kilmaine 24	Kilmaine	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.59425 -9.14646 OSI Ref: M241 611 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #118.

Archival sources

• Mayo County Library: Irish Tourist Authority. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. File Mayo East 1-24, parish of Kilmaine (Turin Castle including floor plans)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dillon-Browne, 5 Nov 1850 & 28 Jan 1851, Vols 3 & 5, MRGS 39/001 & 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Dillon-Browne, 14 July 1882, Vol 143, MRGS 39/063, (microfilm copy in NUIG).
• National Archives of Ireland: Deed of house, mills & lands at Shrule, Matthew Browne to John Gallagher, 3 Dec 1771. Small Accs. Index 61, D.6376
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Browne of England and of The Neale, Westport, Breafwy, Palmerstown, Ellistron and Brownestown, Co Mayo 1438-1845. GO MS 172, 4-41
• Private Possession: Harvey of Duffcarrig Papers, contact Pádraig G. Lane, Co. Cork

Contemporary printed sources

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• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 381 (Turin Castle)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 55 & 171 (Glencorrib)
• M'PARLAN, James. Statistical survey of the county of Mayo. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 106 (Turin Castle)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 253 & 264 (Glencorrib)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 271
• 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: 217 (Ellistown - Browne)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 130 (Ellistron), 398 (Turin [Kirwan])

Modern printed sources

• Cathair na Mart : Journal of the Westport Historical Society: LANE, Pádraig G. Landed encumbrances: a record of the Dillon-Browne estate. XIV (1994), 69-77
• Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 29 January 1851, p.4
• Glencorrib National School 1854-2004: Memories and its people rolling back the years. 2004: FLOOD, Kevin. Glencorrib House. 106-107
• Glencorrib National School 1854-2004: Memories and its people rolling back the years. 2004: Dillon-Browne of Glencorrib. 116-118
• Irish Times: Land Judges Court sale reports, 15 July 1882, p.3
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. V (1907-1908), 145-158
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: LANE, Pádraig G. The Impact of the Encumbered Estates Court upon the Landlords of Galway and Mayo. (1981-1982) XXXVIII, 45-58
• 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
• Tuam Herald: BLAKE, Martin J. Some old family wills, with notes on the persons named therein and their descendants. (Will of Josias Browne of Ellistron, 11 Mar 1726). 26 Mar 1927

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