James and Ann (Collins) Brosnan are my 3 x great grandparents. I’m not sure why they used that particular spelling of their surname here – they seemed to have used a couple of spellings interchangeably, but ‘Brosnan’ is now etched on their gravestone. The rest of the family all appear to have consistently used ‘Brosnahan’….
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At the beginning of this month, I decided I would challenge myself to post on this blog every day. It almost killed me, but I did it! Today I’m reposting a photo, one that’s become quite special to me. It’s a close up of John and Hanorah Brosnahan celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with family…
After reading John Brosnahan’s will, I was curious to know what was in his father James’s will. I hadn’t found it on Archway when I initially looked, as I was searching under the name ‘Brosnahan’. Remembering that John’s parents were buried under the name of Brosnan, I searched again and found the reference to James’s…
Early last year I began a series of posts on the Brosnahan family. Well, “one” of the Brosnahan families, as there were a few that settled in South Canterbury, New Zealand, around the same time. My great great grandmother, Margaret Brosnahan, emigrated to New Zealand with her older brother John in 1862, travelling aboard the…
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The East Kerry Roots Festival & Brosnan Clan Gathering was held in Castleisland, Co Kerry, over four days last weekend. I am still trying to recover! It was a fabulous event, well-organised and offering a whole range of walks, talks and everything in between. By a stroke of pure luck, I ended up in the…
As part of the Brosnan Clan Gathering last month, a Ceann Fine or “clan chieftain” was inaugurated at the Festival Banquet. There were great cheers from the Kiwi contingent when Seán Brosnahan’s name was announced. (Not sure the ash stick will make it through NZ customs, though.) Seán is the author of The Kerrytown Brosnahans,…
Seán Brosnahan, the Ceann Fine of the Brosnan Clan, now has a website: The Brosnan. The exciting news is that he’s made available some of his historical work, including the whole texts of The Kerrytown Brosnahans and Thinking About Heaven: A History of Sacred Heart Parish Timaru, both of which are now out of print…