Hall (Woodfield)
In 1831 the Reverend Savage Hall, second son of Savage Hall of Narrow Water, county Down, married Anne eldest daughter of William James O'Brien of Woodfield, parish of Kilseily, barony of Tulla Lower, county Clare. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Halls held 3 townlands in the parish. In the 1870s their second son Major William James Hall owned 4,718 acres in the county, 2,656 acres in county Armagh and 3,648 acres in county Down. He inherited the Narrow Water estate from his uncle.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodfield | Woodfield | Kilseily | Limerick | Kilseily 108 | Tulla Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R539 733
OS Sheet: 43 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Letters & papers of Hall family, Narrow Water, Co Down, including estate & other papers re the O’Brien family of Woodfield, Co Limerick & Rostrevor, Co Down, 1816-1847. Includes records re Maunsell estate at Curraghkyle, parish of Tomgraney, barony of Tulla Upper, on which the Halls received head rent, 1670-1934. D/2916; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 207
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Limerick Union, 67 (Woodfield)
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 199
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 110
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 238
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 281-282
- ''The Other Clare'': O’BRIEN, Pat. Woodfield House. XII (1988), 44-45