16-473: Brophy is an Irish surname of ancient origin, which is derived from the Irish "Uí Bhróithe" or "Ó Bróithe" septs that were located mostly around Ballybrophy , Laois , and in counties Carlow and Kilkenny . The family has been prominent in the history of Ireland for nearly 1000 years and has included petty kings ( Rí ), clerics, soldiers, and writers. The family was first mentioned in the late 11th century, but as
32-651: A member of the Dál Birn dynasty, its semi-legendary genealogy stretches back to AD 200 according to the Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 . As such, it remains one of Ireland's oldest extant pre-Norman Conquest noble families, being related to the kings of Osraige and the Fitzpatrick dynasty as represented by the Earl of Upper Ossory , Baron Upper Ossory , and Baron Castletown . The ancestral seat of
48-813: Is at a junction on the country's main Dublin-Cork railway line . Ballybrophy railway station is a connection point between the Dublin-Cork railway line and the Limerick–Ballybrophy railway line . Trains wishing to cross from the Limerick to the Dublin line must perform time-consuming reversals. The line is lightly travelled, because an alternative routing via Limerick Junction is quicker and more comfortable owing to newer track and fewer speed restrictions. The station opened on 1 September 1847. Owing to
64-614: The N7 road (now M7 motorway) also dissuade people from railway usage. A report published in November 2016 suggested that the Limerick-Ballybrophy line was likely to close in 2018 to save money as the route was very lighty used. Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory (born Finghín Mac Giolla Phádraig ; also known as Fineen Fitzpatrick ) (died 3 February 1613),
80-596: The Four Masters " records the death of Gilla Molua O'Brophy (Ua Bruaidheada) of Rath Tamnaighe (Lisdowney, Kilkenny ) in 1069. The " Annals of Ulster " mentions that Connor O'Brophy (Conchobar Ua Broighthe), King of Ceann Chaille, and Domhnall Mac Gilla Patraic, King of Upper Ossory, were slain by the O'Moores in 1165. Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín mentions the O'Brophys as residing in Magh Sedna (the Plain of Sedna) in
96-599: The Manor of Villiers". The Brophy coat of arms is blazoned as Argent (silver), with a vert (green) antique harp and chief gules (red) charged with thee fleur-de-lis. When granting the arms, the Ulster King of Arms selected imagery from the ancient family's pedigree, combining the coat of arms of province of Leinster with the heraldic blazon of the Fitzpatrick dynasty borne by the Earl of Upper Ossory , Baron Upper Ossory , and Baron Castletown . Notable individuals with
112-521: The Normans came after they had conquered Britain in the eleventh century. Over the years the Norse, Norman and Gaelic bloods have mingled in the families of later centuries. It is the paradoxical story of Ireland that the conquered frequently absorbed their conquerors through intermarriage, language and customs. Hence the oppressors of one generation often produced the rebels of a later one. William O'Brothe
128-719: The Osraige are labelled as Síl mBresail Bric ("the seed of Bresail Bric") after Bressail Bricc , a remote ancestor of the Ossorians. Bressail Bricc had two sons; Lughaidh , ancestor of the Laigan , and Connla , from whom the Ossorians sprang, through Óengus Osrithe . Thus, the people of Osraige were also sometimes collectively referred to as Clann Connla . "A fine district of beauteous nuts; O'Broithe over free Magh Sedna." — Ó hUidhrín , Triallam timcheall na Fodla ( "Let us wander around Ireland" ) (1420). " The Annals of
144-588: The barony of Galmoy (barony) , Kilkenny in his 14th century work, " Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh ." The name of Galmoy (barony) , in Irish Gabhalmhaigh, means "plain of the Branch, or Ghabhal" ( River Goul ). Magh Sedna Was also known as Aos-Chinn-chaille, i.e., [the territory of] the people of Cean Chaille. Magh Sedna is a fertile part of Ireland which the Danes invaded in the ninth century, and where
160-483: The branch line's turn south to meet the line at Ballybrophy, some of those who favour retaining the line have theorised that continuing the line east with a stop at the more populated Borris-in-Ossory, joining the line nearer Portlaoise would be better for Dublin connections. However, in addition to the substantial capital cost of this work, substantial parts of the line would still need to be relaid nearer Limerick in order to eliminate severe speed restrictions. Upgrades to
176-616: The family chief became Ballybrophy (historically Ballybrohy , from Irish : Baile Uí Bhróithe , meaning 'townland of Ó Bróithe') after the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín wrote in the 14th century that the earliest ancestor of the Brophys was Sedna, the great-grandson of the semi-legendary pre-Christian founder of the Kingdom of Ossory , Óengus Osrithe . In The Book of Rights ,
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#1732775447688192-491: The kingship of Osraige , was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth I in 1601, his kinsmen, the Brophys and other "old tribesman of Upper Ossory," were also mentioned in the pardon. Ui Broithe was anglicised as O'Broghie in the Patent Rolls of James I in 1603 and 1607. The name appears as Brohy in census of 1659. Their territory comprised the level portion of the barony of Galmoy, in the county of Kilkenny. They were driven from
208-503: The plain of Magh Sedna into Upper Ossory , after the Norman invasion of Ireland , and their chief settled at Ballybrophy , near Borris-in-Ossory , in Queen's County (now County Laois ). At Christmas 1626 Charles I granted his favourite, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Borris-in-Ossory, "Ballybrophy, Grangemore, &c., &c. ; all of which he erected into a manor to be called
224-595: The surname include: Australian Showman 1926-2005 Ballybrophy Ballybrophy (historically Ballybrohy , from Irish : Baile Uí Bhróithe , meaning 'townland of Ó Bróithe/ Brophy ') is a village in County Laois , Ireland . It had a population of 145 as of the 2002 census, and forms part of the Borris-in-Ossory electoral area. It is best known for the Ballybrophy railway station , which
240-552: Was appointed Prior of the Augustinian Monastery of St. Tigernacius of Aghamacart by Pope Sixtus IV on 31 March 1481. William is likely to have been the illegitimate son of Philip O'Brothe, Abbot of Kilcooley Abbey , whom Pope Pius II legitimised and instructed to be taken on as a monk at the Abby after his father's death. When Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory , the son of the last person to have claim to
256-453: Was the third son of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory and his wife Margaret Butler, and inherited the title upon the death of his older brother Barnaby Fitzpatrick , 2nd Baron Upper Ossory in 1581. He married Catherine O'More, daughter of Patrick O'More of Abbeyleix , and had six children, including his son Teige , who succeeded as 4th Baron, and Joan (died c.1596/7) who married John Butler of Dunboyne (murdered in 1602), by whom she
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