This might help BROWNE researchers: > Please forgive this intrusion,explaination;- > I have,together with my cousin in Queensland. > been researching our Family Tree:we have found many > connections in Ireland;ancestors from the Herbert > family of Muckross,Co Kerry and Wicklow,Co Kildare, > also Armagh,on my Mother's side. > I have recently obtained possession of her > photograph album,[she died in 1974]in which there are > many'photos of beautiful places,houses and people > including herself.Most of them have nothing written > on the reverse so cannot be identified.There are, > however two pages containing faded sepia'photos of a > beautiful mansion like house,both externally and > internally;the dinning room,drawing room etc are > beautifully furnished.There also;photos of my Mother > and son of a family,a man and woman very smartly > dressed and a boy of about 10 years old,plus a baby. > On the reverse side of all these my mother has written > "MOUNT BROWNE'we did a search on the internet which > came up with two results,one was titled"The British > Racing Centre-Mount Browne",the otgher gave us details > of Landowners Names in Galway and your email address, > hence this email. > This was obviously an inportant part of my > Mother"s life;she was born 1898 and we estimate these > photos were taken in the 1920s.I would very much like > to find out where this house is,who owned it then,who > lived there,and maybe what it is used for today?,it > may still be privately owned or Nationally owned. > When I was a child,just after World War11, > I remember my mother taking me to visit Lady Sligo > in London,she was my mother's friend,there may even > be some connection here. > If there is anything you can tell me about > this I will be eternally grateful,it is a missing in > piecing my Mother's life together,she was ill for many > years and I grew up knowing nothing of her younger life; > her name wasPhyllis Irene Martin. > Thankyou in anticipation. > J Williams.