Hill (Graig)

The Hills, descended from a Cromwellian soldier, settled at Doneraile, county Cork. In the late 17th century William Hill married Anne daughter of Arundel Coke of Suffolk and had six sons. By the end of the 18th century the Hills were resident at Graig and through marriage with a Brown heiress acquired Mount Southwell in the late 19th century. The Hills also had connections with other county Limerick families. Other family connections in the Doneraile locality included the Crones, Norcotts and Cotters. Arundel Hill of Clogheen was the father of 3 daughters of whom the youngest was Margaret Anne. In June 1858 the estate of Margaret Anne Hill, comprising part of the lands of Curraghanaltig or Tullig, barony of Fermoy, was advertised for sale. The sale included the house and demesne of Landscape which was leased to Wade Foot in November 1879 by Arundel Hill. The original lease of 400 acres was dated April 1785 from the trustee of John Crone to Arundell Hill. William Hill of Donnybrook was a younger brother of Arundel Hill of Clogheen. Their older half brother James Hill of Graig married Mary Norcott in 1799 and they were the grandparents of James Laurence Hill of Rathkeale who owned 2,053 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The Hill estate was mainly located in the parishes of Doneraile, Castletownroche, Rahan and Templeroan, barony of Fermoy. Miss Hill held one townland in the parish of Wallstown and in the 1870s owned just over 400 acres. A Reverend William Hill, possibly a member of this family, held land in the parish of Templeree, barony of Ikerrin, county Tipperary, in the mid 19th century. The fourth son of James Hill of Graig was the Reverend William Hill, Canon of Peterborough, England. The representatives of the Reverend William Hill, New Ross, county Wexford, owned 366 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Graig	Graig	Templeroan	Mallow	Shanballymore 243	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R659 098 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 73
Mount Southwell House	Enniscoush	Rathkeale	Rathkeale	Rathkeale Rural 130	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R359 409 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64
Clogheen	Clogheen	Caherduggan	Mallow	Caherduggan 241	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R567 068 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 73
Landscape	Curraghanaltig	Wallstown	Mallow	Wallstown 246	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R645 073 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 73
Donnybrook	Skahanagh More	Doneraile	Mallow	Skahanagh 244	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R637 100 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 73

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hill, 29 June 1858, Vol 52 (55), MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hill, 15 Jan 1869, Vol 92 (8), MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Birch Cullimore Collection includes deeds of Hill prem. at Knockbee & Clogheen co.Cork, [...] 1836, 185[]. DBC 123/106 ; Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service

Contemporary printed sources

LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 240 (Clogheen), 478 (Donnybrook), II, 614 (Graig), 674 (Landscape - James Hammond)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 110 (Clogheen), 157 (Donnybrook - Charles Smyth), 207 (Graig)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 71 (Skahanagh More), 181 (Graig), 186 (Curraghanaltig)
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: 125, 164

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 898-899
DE BREFFNY, Brian & FFOLLIOTT, Rosemary. ''The Houses of Ireland: Domestic architecture from the medieval castle to the Edwardian villa''. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1975: 115-116
HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 144
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XX, 2nd Series (1914), 158-159 (Graig)