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Brontë was born at Imdel (or Emdale) in the parish of Drumballyroney, County Down, the eldest of the ten children of Hugh Brunty, an Anglican, and Elinor Alice (née McClory), an Irish Catholic. [3] [4] His father was a "farmhand, fence-fixer, and road-builder". [5]
Imdel is a townland in Ballybrick ED, in Drumballyroney Civil Parish, in Barony, in Co. Down, Ireland.
The Brontë Homeland Drive starts at Drumballyroney Church and School near Rathfriland, ten miles south of Banbridge. It is well signposted along the 10-mile route shown on the map. Some places which you may view on the drive (not currently open) include:
The Brontës in Ireland. There are strong connections between Ireland and the Brontës. Patrick Brontë, the family patriarch, was born at Drumballyroney, near Rathfriland, County Down, in what is now Northern Ireland.
The small hamlet of Ballyroney is located on the banks of the Upper River Bann between Dromara and Rathfriland, County Down. Patrick Bronte, father of the famous literary sisters, was born in the nearby townland of Imdel in 1777.
Brontë was born at Imdel (or Emdale) in the parish of Drumballyroney, County Down, the eldest of the ten children of Hugh Brunty, an Anglican, and Elinor Alice (née McClory), an Irish Catholic. His father was a "farmhand, fence-fixer, and road-builder".
Follow the story of Patrick Brontë and his family through the buildings that survive within the Homeland. The Brontë Homeland Drive starts at Drumballyroney Church and School near Rathfriland, ten miles south of Banbridge. It is well signposted along the 10-mile route shown on the map.
