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Early life. Ruins of the cottage in which Brontë was born in Imdel, County Down. Brontë was born at Imdel (or Emdale) in the parish of Drumballyroney, County Down, [2] the eldest of the ten children of Hugh Brunty, an Anglican, and Elinor Alice (née McClory), an Irish Catholic. [3][4] His father was a "farmhand, fence-fixer, and road-builder". [5]
Jan 3, 2016 · Patrick Brontë was born outside Rathfriland, County Down. The Brontë Homeland in Banbridge where Patrick was raised has become something of a tourist attraction. And it is hoped that 2016...
Reverend Patrick Brontë | Bronte Parsonage Museum. Patrick Brunty (or Prunty) was the eldest of 10 children of Hugh Brunty, an agricultural labourer, and Eleanor – or Alice – McClory, of Drumballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland.
The fertile land of County Down has been farming country for centuries. It was here that Patrick Brontë, father of Charlotte, Emily and Anne - the Brontë sisters, was born into a farming family on 17th March 1777 - Saint Patrick's day.
Aug 22, 2014 · This was my missing link in the Brontë story. So this year’s mission on our holidays in Ireland was to be a visit to the area where Patrick Brontë was born and lived until he moved to Cambridge, the area around Rathfriland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Apr 9, 2014 · This paper discusses the importance in Patrick Brontë’s life of his early years (1777–1802) in County Down, Ireland, an area greatly affected by the tumultuous turmoil in Europe, by violence, treason, sedition and rebellion.
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Dec 22, 2016 · Patrick Brontë was born in County Down in 1777. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1806 and met and married middle class Maria Branwell six years later (“my saucy Pat” she calls him in...
