‘Chaos, conflict and creativity’: The extraordinary life of Garech Browne
The Claddagh Records founder is celebrated in a new book that comes with remastered versions of some of the label’s finest recordings
Garech Browne (Garech de Brún)
Garech de Brún, Paddy Moloney and the reinvention of Claddagh Records
The dying wish of label’s founder was to revive a company known for trad records
Anti-modernist Seán Keating would have strong words for non-fungible tokens
Adam’s and Whyte’s art sales both feature paintings by the Limerick-born artist
Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
Garech Browne’s silver, vintage cars and rare art in Fonsie Mealy sale
Lots from estates of British textile designer Bernard Nevill and explorer Erica de Bary
Luggala owner: Art-loving aristocrat who values his privacy
Elusive Italian has many business interests and owns Rubens and Michelangelo works
Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada
Eternal love: Oldest-known Claddagh ring comes home to Galway
Dating from 1700, it was in the collection of late Guinness heir Garech Browne at Luggala
Luggala lots sell high in London, Carton house table unsold
Auction results and dates for upcoming auctions and fairs
Lots from Luggala and fine furniture from grand Irish houses in London sale
A 25ft table from Carton House among the most expensive items to be auctioned
Rings bring Claddagh Records story full circle
Claddagh rings from Garech Browne’s collection feature in a forthcoming Sotheby’s sale. Jane Bolton who helped Browne set up Claddagh Records is still running the Temple Bar shop today
Luggala: Contents of Guinness estate go on sale in London
Furniture, jewellery and art works owned by Garech Browne to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
Sales of houses and apartments fall 4% overall
Main growth areas are counties within commuting distance of Dublin
Garech Browne: Last Days at Luggala – ‘We’re skirting around the fact he was an alcoholic’
TV review: Mick Mahon’s jam-packed film is a portrait of an eccentric, lonely man
Fear of Luggala ‘Disneyfication’ drove Bono to try to buy estate
Sale would have caused ‘great pain’ if home of late Garech Browne had gone into wrong hands
Garech Browne: The spendthrift Irish aristocrat who burned through millions
Guinness heir synonymous with Luggala, the Wicklow estate where he held lavish parties
Reclusive Italian count believed to be buyer of Luggala estate
New company bearing the name of property tycoon’s wife was set up in Ireland in July
Campaigners urge new Luggala owner to keep public access to land
Keep Ireland Open makes complaint to Wicklow Co Council over erection of new fencing at estate
Vast Luggala estate in Wicklow sold at discount to overseas buyer
Home of late Guinness heir Garech Browne fetches less than €28m price tag
117 windows, 1,000 acres: banker cashing in on palatial Laois home
Estate agents expect a lengthy campaign for this midlands big house
Runaway bids as 18th century box from Castletown Cox sells for €36,000
One of the first photographs of the moon taken in 1863 goes for €5,600
Lucian Freud portrait of Guinness heir as a boy sells for €6.7m
‘Jewel of a painting’ dates from 1956, when Freud was a guest at Luggala, Co Wicklow
€1.5m price drop at former DCU president’s 1,000-acre estate
Knockdrin, owned by Ferdinand von Prondzynski, has dropped in price from €13.5m to €12m
Rare Lucian Freud portrait of Guinness heir as a boy expected to sell for over €7m
Artist, who eloped with a Guinness in the early 1950s, painted portrait in Co Wicklow
No change to public access at Luggala Estate, say owners
Trust controlling lands says gate near public road to close from 5.30pm over ‘duty of care’
Laughter fills the air as Luggala laments Garech Browne
Guests share stories of the man who had made a ‘unique contribution to Irish culture’
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down
Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects
Losses double at record label that launched the Chieftains
Claddagh Records was co-founded by Guinness heir Garech Browne who died in March
Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures
Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition
Nanny-state and teenage sex make for a cringeworthy Pat Kenny show
Radio review: Newstalk host airs pet peeves, while Miriam hears of liaisons in Luggala
Review ordered into tax reliefs for owners of historic homes
Section 482 review follows high-profile cases of ‘big houses’ in trouble
Jennifer O’Connell: The State should not buy Luggala
Opening the national chequebook is not the way to secure its future
Luggala deal could allow Garech Browne to stay for three months each year
One serious overseas offer on table would accommodate 77-year-old custodian
A visit to Luggala: What sets the Guinness Gothic Revival house apart is its cosiness
Bohemians rhapsodise about it and high society have always loved the magical estate in Wicklow
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