1. Pedigree of the Byrne Family of Sleaty by John E. Browning, Carlow, 21st October 1867 . ( PRO, M .58924 (8V111) Extract.
" Charles Byrne,Gent. arrived from Ballinakill, near Clonmore, in the Co. Carlow about the year 1705 and married Mrs Kitchen, of Sleaty, a widow by whom he got the property of Sleaty, now would be worth about £3000 per Annum, authority J. O' Meara. They had one son, Gerald Byrne, Esq."