Hillas
The Hillas family held property in several parishes in the Barony of Tireragh. They also held property in the City of Dublin. The family held over 7000 acres in County Sligo in 1876. According to documents in Sligo County Library the Hillas family initially rented and later purchased lands formerly owned by the D'Arcy family of Kiltulla, county Galway. The Hillas family were also connected to the Fenton families of Dromore and Easky. A duel was fought between John Fenton and Major Hillas over the rights to a shipwreck during which Major Hillas was killed. Bateman records that R. Hillas of Seaview was the owner of 7771 acres in county Sligo in the 1880s. In 1906 Robert G. Hillas is recorded as the occupier of property at Carrowmacrory townland, barony of Tireragh, including a mansion house.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaview or Doonecoy | Carrowmacrory | Skreen | Dromore West | Templeboy North 27 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G462336
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 24 |
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Archival sources
- Hillas Estate, 1900. Estates Collection, Vol.II. Costings of land improvement works on the Hillas estate, 1800-82. F.C/D.3/1Robinson Collection, Rentals & Hillas Estate papers. Maps.; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Hillas estate, 1830, 1893-1905, . Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Hillas Family Papers: Leases, indentures, wills and other family & estate papers of Hillas family of Seaview or Donecoy, barony of Tireragh, 18th-20th century. ; Sligo County Library
- Estate Maps, 1915. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dromore West Union 63
- 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] : 219
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 321
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol II 601
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 350
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 391.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.221
Modern printed sources
- O'HORO, Michael. ''Skreen and Dromard: history and heritage''. Skreen, county Sligo: [the author], 2000. : Hillas of Donecoy. 87.
- ''Irish Ancestor'': BYRNE, Celeste. Hillas of county Sligo. IV, 1 (1972), 26-29.
- McTERNAN, John. ''Old Sligoe: aspects of town and county over 750 years''. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publications, 1995. : 226-236.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 319-320 (Doonecoy)