Francis de Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry (1692 – 1749), was an

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peer. He was the only son of

Edward Bermingham, 13th Baron Athenry Edward de Bermingham, Anglo-Irish lord of Athenry and Dunmore, County Galway, died 1709, was the son of Francis de Bermingham, 12th Baron Athenry and Bridget, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon. He succeeded as 13th Baron Athenry in 1677. During the ...

, and his second wife Bridget Browne, daughter of Colonel John Browne and Maud Bourke. Francis de Bermingham was born the year after the

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, and in the year the

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was signed, bringing an end to the

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. His family lost much property as a result of the fighting, and Francis in 1709 conformed to the

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to safeguard his remaining lands, as his father had before him. He is buried in the Dominican Friary,

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, founded by his ancestor in 1241. His only surviving son and heir

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(son of his first wife, Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of

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and Margaret Bellew), was created

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, while his widow,

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, daughter of James Agar, dowager Viscountess of Mayo, was given the title Countess of Brandon for life. He and Mary also had two daughters, Bridget and Mary (died before 1798). Bridget married James Daly of Carrownakelly,

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. Mary married Edmund Costello firstly and secondly John Metge MP. John was the younger brother of the prominent High Court judge Peter Metge. He outlived Mary and died sometime after 1823.

References

* ''History of Galway'',

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, 1820 * ''The Abbey of Athenry'', Martin J. Blake, Journal of the

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, volume II, part ii, 1902 * ''The Birmingham family of Athenry'', H. T. Knox, J.G.A.H.S., volume ten, numbers iii and iv, 1916–17. * ''The Birmingham chalice'', J. Rabbitte, J.G.A.H.S., volume 17, i and ii, 1936–37

External links

Medieval Ireland: an encyclopedia

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