Irish National Heritage Week commences on Saturday August 18th and continues until the 26th.
Derek Byrne of Downes will be “manning” a stand for The Guild of One Name Studies at a genealogical function in Beaufield Mews, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin on Friday the 24th of August between 7 and 10pm.
The event is hosted by Kilmacud and Stillorgan Historical Society, entry is free and all are welcome. For more information go to www.heritageweek.ie
In December of 2022 I was honoured to be promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Military and Hospitilar Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. I was invited into the Order in 2015 and was promoted to the rank of Commander in 2017 when I became the Keeper of the Insignia. I was delighted…
Dear members and friends, I would like to inform you that our clanbyrne.com email addresses have been hacked and have been out of function since September 9th 2022. If you have tried to contact us since then, your email will not have reached us. Please feel free to contact me at derek@derekbyrne.ie if you would…
On behalf of everyone at Finte O’Broin, I would like to wish Byrne’s at home and world wide a very happy St. Patrick’s Day. Certavi et Vici, Derek, The O’Byrne of Downes, Guardian of the Name
We are delighted to have received our 400th registered member just weeks after our 10th anniversary. Finte O’Broin, the International Society of Byrne Clans was established in July 2011 and launched at St. Catherine’s church in Dublin 8 by the late Lt. Col. Charles Artaud Byrne, best claim hereditary Chief of the Byrne’s of…
I am delighted to announce the 10th anniversary of Finte O’Broin, the international Society of Byrne clans which was launched on the August Bank Holiday in 2011 in the presence of the Late Lt. Col. Charles Artaud Byrne, descendant of Feagh Mac Hugh O’Byrne who is pictured above on a trip to Ballinacor on the…
A very happy St. Patrick’s day to all our clan members and home and overseas. Derek Byrne President Finte O’Broin
Dear members and friends, As we move towards 2021 we look towards celebrating 9 years of the establishment of Finte O’Broin in July. It has been an eventful nine years which has seen membership grow to over 400 families world wide and the establishment of our sister organisation the Napoleon Society of Ireland which hosted…
On behalf of everyone at Finte O’Broin, I would like to wish all Clan members and their families a very happy Christmas and a healthy and happy 2021. It has been a sad year for many with the loss of loved ones due to Covid 19 and we especially remember the loss of our former…
In 2013, as part of the Irish Gathering of the Clans, my Irish-American father, Dutch in-laws, and myself attended a ceremony at the Ballinacor Estate, near Rathdrum, in County Wicklow, Ireland. The ceremony involved a re-enactment of the capture and beheading of Feagh MacHugh O’Byrne on Sunday, 8 May 1597, by forces under the command of…
Despite current challenges the annual Royal Canal Walk took place earlier today, Sunday the 16th of August to raise funds in aid of the Irish Children’s Arthritis Network. This annual event has raised over 40 thousand euro for a variety of charitable causes since its inception in 2012. Organised by Edward Byrne and his cousin…