Browne was born in Kingsale and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)Burtchaell,G.D/Sadlier,T.U p. 103: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was appointed Vicar choral of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1682;"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster" Cotton, H p. 206: Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 and Archdeacon of Elphin in 1683."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p. 141 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 He died in 1700."Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass" p. 75: Lowell; The Association; 1883
