[citation needed] As both his parents were married three times, Garech had two stepmothers and two stepfathers, as well as a number of older half-siblings.

[1] His former home, Woodtown Manor near Dublin, was for many years a welcoming place for Irish poets, writers and musicians.

Garech was instrumental in the formation of the traditional Irish folk group The Chieftains, including the launch of their first six LPs.

[1] 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.

[7] He was interviewed at length for the Grace Notes traditional music programme on RTÉ lyric fm on 18 March 2010.

[9] In 1981, Browne married HH Princess Harshad Purna Devi Jadeja of Morvi in Bombay (now Mumbai).

[16][17] Garech Browne and the Luggala Estate feature in the 1991 film I Dreamt I Woke Up by John Boorman (online).