had been a leading proponent for the revival and preservation of traditional Irish music, through his record label Claddagh Records which he founded with others in 1959. His former home, Woodtown Manor near Dublin, was for many years a welcoming place for Irish poets, writers and musicians. The folk-pop group Clannad made many recordings of their music there. Garech was instrumental in the formation of the traditional Irish folk group The Chieftains. In 1962, after setting up Claddagh Records, he asked his friend, the famed uileann piper Paddy Moloney, to form a group for a one-off album. Moloney responded with the first line-up for the band, which went on to achieve international commercial success. He was interviewed at length for the Grace Notes traditional music programme on RTÉ lyric fm on 18 March 2010. Art patron Garech was a friend and patron of the artist Francis Bacon, and in January 2017 was featured in the BBC documentary Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence. Marriage In 1981, Browne married HH Princess Harshad Purna Devi Jadeja of Morvi in Bombay (now Mumbai). Purna was the only child of HH Sri Mahendra Sinhji, Maharaja of Morvi (1918-57) and his wife HH The Maharani Sri Vijay Kuverba Death Browne died in London, on 10 March 2018, aged 78. In his will and testament, he bequeathed to the city of Galway the granite remains of a medieval "bow gate." The location of this gate, which had otherwise gone unmentioned by Browne, remained a mystery for over a year following his death. It was discovered on the grounds of the Luggala estate in 2019. According to a Galway historian, the gate may have formed part of the city's defences in the 17th century, and was later removed from the city by Browne's direct ancestor and nobleman of Galway, Lord Oranmore and Browne, when it was probably taken to the Browne family home at Castle MacGarrett, just outside Claremorris in County Mayo. Their mid-1600s ancestor Geoffrey Browne (MP) (d. 1668) may well have bought the gateway from the city. The gate was one of a number of items left to the Irish State by Browne; another item was his collection of carriages. In 2022 his library of 20,000 books and manuscripts was placed by his family on a long-term loan to the OPW at Farmleigh. Portraits Portraits of Garech and photos of Luggala were published by Vanity