Hello
I am looking for any additional information about the Brunett family which lived in Cloyne for over 200 years.
The earliest records I have (see below) are of Michael Angelo de Brunet marrying Mary Barret in 1773. He was then admitted as a choral vicar at St. Colman's Cathedral and served in this capacity for 50 years.
I think he had 2 sons: William Kirby Brunet (1779 -1844) and John Brunet (1788 - 1866) both of whom lived their lives in Cloyne. They owned a farm called Springfield.
I have heard that a John Brunett still lived on Springfield up to the 1990s.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Gary Brunette
Michael Angelo Brunett
aka “Michael Angelo de Brunet”
Marriage: 1773 Michael Angelo de Brunet marries Mary Barret in Diocese of Cloyne
CLERICAL AND PAROCHIAL RECORDS CORK, CLOYNE, AND ROSS:
1773. March 30.
Michael Angelo Brunett ''generosus”, is admitted to 3/4 vicar choral
1774. Cloyne.
Rectory in the barony of Imokilly; value, 500 per ann. It belongs to the Economy and to the Vicars Choral, who are five, viz., George Dunbar, esq.; John Shaw, David Burk, Henry Cornelius, and Michael Angelo Brunetti, gent.
1775.
George Dunbar, esq., holds one Vicar Choralship. John Shaw, David Burke, Henry Cornelius, and Michael Angelo Brunette, choristers, hold the other three places between them.
After holding his place for fifty years he resigned in 1825.
Newspaper: The Morning Register
13th March 1827
“on Tuesday last, at Cloyne, in the 81st year of his age, Michael Angelo Brunette, esq., one of the Vicars Choral of the Cathedral of that town for upwards of half a century”