David Browne born 6 May 1887 at Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary, son of Maurice Browne and Catherine Browne (née Fitzgerald), and was christened David.
"When he entered (1903) the Dominican order at Tallaght, Co. Dublin, he received the religious name Michael." "The Dominican general chapter of 1955 elected him master of the order, which office he held till Pope John XXIII created him cardinal in 1962. "[1]
Grangemockler is in the Electoral Division of Garrangibbon, in Civil Parish of Grangemockler, in the Barony of Slievardagh, in the County of Tipperary. [2]
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