Although Brown famously received almost no formal schooling during his youth, he did attend St Brendan's School-Clinic in Sandymount intermittently. Brown quickly matured into a serious Artist. He had also demonstrated extremely impressive physical dexterity since, soon after discovering several household books, Christy had learned to both write and draw himself, with the only limb over which he had unequivocal control: his left leg. During Brown's adolescence, social worker Katriona Delahunt became aware of his story and began to visit the Brown family regularly, while bringing Christy books and painting materials as, over the years, he had shown a keen interest in the arts and literature. Though urged to commit him to a hospital, Brown's parents were unswayed and subsequently determined to raise him at home with their other children.
After his birth, doctors discovered that he had severe cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder which left him almost entirely spastic in his limbs. Out of these 22, 13 lived and 9 died in infancy. His parents were Bridget ( Fagan 1901-1968) and Patrick Brown.
Christy Brown was born into a working-class Irish family at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin in June 1932.
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