tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post1647111254022369875..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: An elegant regency house saved from ruin in CarlowPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-23172098106887398922023-08-03T11:43:25.692+01:002023-08-03T11:43:25.692+01:00Thank you so much for a very interesting and infor...Thank you so much for a very interesting and informative post. Passing by very recently the house seems to be fenced off and in a state of serious disrepair? Maybe I’m looking at the wrong house; opposite the district hospital? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-49661103038670069082022-06-14T14:33:53.209+01:002022-06-14T14:33:53.209+01:00I'm a descendant of Surgeon Richard Byrn RN an...I'm a descendant of Surgeon Richard Byrn RN and his wife Catherine Olivia (nee Wright), of Leighlinbridge and have some old documents relating to the land where Braganza was built. Your story is fascinating.<br />Deed of Demise, 1817<br />... Between<br />James Byrn of the Town and County of Carlow Esquire of the one part and Sir<br />Dudly (sic) St. Leger Hill Knight of the other part Witness that the said Jas. Byrn<br />for and in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred Pounds sterling ALL THAT AND THOSE that piece or parcel of land..<br />on the Athy road near the town of Carlow containing Four acres be the same <br />more or less together with the Houses Offices & premises thereon commonly<br />called and Known by the name of Doctor Fitzpatricks Land bounded on the <br />East by the High Road leading from Carlow to Athy on the west by the wall that<br />divides the same from other land now in the possession of the s’d. James Byrn and <br />on the South adjoining the back drain of the Canal of the River Barrow on the north<br />by the wall that divides the same from another part of the said Ja’s. Byrns land .. <br />Jas. Byrn<br />Signed sealed and delivered<br />In presence of being <br />first duly stamped …<br />J.Fishbourne<br />Wm. CarsonDublindruryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252474148040251370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-82585636769310300122022-06-13T16:28:34.494+01:002022-06-13T16:28:34.494+01:00Thanks Patrick. I live in Braganza now, and work i...Thanks Patrick. I live in Braganza now, and work in Carlow College, so all this is most interesting to read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15573504940055699771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-13696954915734702702021-06-30T15:37:43.438+01:002021-06-30T15:37:43.438+01:00Fascinating history, thank you. Great photos, too;...Fascinating history, thank you. Great photos, too; what a handsome house.<br />I am researching places in our family archive. There is a letter dated 20 October 1936 sent from the Presbytery, Carlow, referring to the imminent arrival at Braganza of the new Bishop, and enclosing a cheque for £8 8s. 11d., the half-year's rent on the house. This was sent on by the Carlow solicitor Hugh O'Donnell of Dublin St. to Rev. Richard Archdall Byrn, a descendant of Mrs. Catherine Olivia Byrn. R.A.B had received a letter in 1901 mentioning "the renewal to Mrs. C. Byrn of 9 June 1860 of £29 8s. 5d., being the Head Rent". C.O.B. (alive in 1860) in turn had inherited through her husband's family, the Byrns of Leighlinbridge and Carlow. She also had some financial interest in the property adjacent to Braganza, Kelvin Grove. The Byrns were never owners of either property but had entitlement to annual rents. Irish Property Law is a mystery with its claims and counter-claims cascading through society. Fees for lawyers I suppose.Dublindruryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252474148040251370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-66181832201647304172021-01-29T19:43:52.167+00:002021-01-29T19:43:52.167+00:00What is now the front of the house was originally ...What is now the front of the house was originally the rear, the portico was moved when the then derelict house was converted into apartments. There is a small basement below the side extension and a gate lodge in the garden of No 1, the first of the new houses built. A gate leads from<br />The grounds of the overall estate down to the River Barrow. Kelvin Grove was a neighbouring mansion more recently owned by the HSE and in use as a mental hospital. On considerable larger average this property is in a very poor state of repair. I lived in No 12 Braganza as a child from<br />1974-1989.Brian Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434685621988492644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-55138741369979478272016-10-16T10:28:13.331+01:002016-10-16T10:28:13.331+01:00Lovely blog on a very lucky house, Patrick.Lovely blog on a very lucky house, Patrick.Frank Calleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375204525978261069noreply@blogger.com