In
Argentina, more than a few cities, parks, streets, and soccer clubs
bear the name of the founder of the Argentine Navy, William Brown
(1777-1857), who was born in Foxford, Co. Mayo. This extensive Brownian
toponymy has more to do with local politics than with the Irish
emigration to Argentina, so we decided to include here the only
memorial to Admiral Brown in Ireland. Thanks to institutional efforts
and to the tireless motivation of J. J. O'Hara and other members
of the Admiral Brown Society, the 'Admiral Brown Memorial Park'
is being built in Foxford. The park will house a museum and visitors'
centre in Brown's hometown. In the meantime, they organised the
exhibition which follows. If you are interested on Admiral Brown's
life, one of the best books about him (in English) was written by
John de Courcy Ireland, The Admiral from Mayo: A life of Almirante
William Brown from Foxford (Dublin: Eamonn de Burca, 1995).
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