Michael Brosnahan lived at Chute Hall & Ballynahinch. In the 1848 Griffiths Valuation he is listed as a farmer with areas 1 & 2 in his name (see above map)
Tullygarran, Spring Hill and Ballynahinch were all owned by the Chute family.
Michael married Anne Chute on September 30th 1841 in a COI marriage at Ballymacelligott Church of Ireland Tralee. It is still unclear which branch of the Chute family she belonged to. Her father is listed as Pierce Chute on one of her childrens baptisms. (To read more about Chute Hall click here)
Michael and Anne went on to have 4 Children and all were baptised Catholic.
Michael Brosnans eldest son was Thomas Brosnan b.1848, who also had a son called Thomas. This family still own the house at 2 on above map at Ballynahinch.
Michael Brosnan and his twin brother Patrick were born in 1857 at Chute Hall, right in the middle of the Famine. The population of the parish of Ballymacelligott dropped by 34% during the famine years, from 4000 to 2600. The Brosnan family survived and Michael and Anne went on to have one further child in 1865, a girl called Anne.
In 1886 Francis B Chute living at chute Hall is recorded as owning 10,328 acres
In 1882 aged 25, Michael Brosnan married Hanorah Mary O’Connor (daughter of Martin O’Connor – Butcher in Tralee and Catherine Counihan) aged 21. They lived on Castle St, Tralee where they had a few different shops.
Their first daughter was born on the 18th January 1885 and they named her Catherine. Catherine/Kathleen would go on to marry Charles Coughlan in 1917.
Children of Michael Brosnan & Hanorah Mary O’Connor
Annie Mary Brosnan 1887
Martha Mary Brosnan 1888 (m. John (Black Jack) Finn)
Eileen Mary Brosnan 1889
Martin Brosnan (m. Mollie Brosnan)
Christina Mary Brosnan 1891 (m. Denis Shields)
James Joseph Brosnan 1892 (m. Jane Scott)
Margaret Mary Brosnan 1893
Dominick Brosnan 1894 (m. Alice Kelly)
Hannah Mary Brosnan 1895
Hanorah Mary Brosnan 1897
Thomas John (Tommy) Brosnan 1898 (m.Annie Glennon)
Barbara Mary Brosnan 1900
Lizzie Brosnan 1901 (m.Alexander Cronin)
Brendan Joseph Brosnan 1906
Rita Brosnan
Front Row : Michael, Brendan Joseph, James Joseph
Back Row: Dominick, Martin, Thomas Joseph(Tommy)
