Hamilton (Coxtown)

The Hamilton estate held lands in the parish of Inishkeel in the barony of Boylagh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. Lands in Donegal had been granted to the Hamilton family at the time of the Ulster Plantation in the 17th century. Burke states that John Hamilton removed the family seat from Murvagh to Brownhall in 1607. In the 1870s the representatives of Alexander Hamilton, of Coxtown, Ballintra, owned over 2000 acres in County Donegal. At the same time Hussey de Burgh assigns the property at Brown Hall to Chichester Hamilton. In the 1850s, Reverend Edward Hamilton, John Hamilton and James Hamilton were all among the principal proprietors in the parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Coxtown Manor	Coxtown	Drumhome	Donegal	Ballintra	Tirhugh	Donegal	OSI Ref: G930723 OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map:
Urbalshinny	Urbalshinny	Drumhome	Donegal	Ballintra	Tirhugh	Donegal	OSI Ref: G925719 OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map:
Brown Hall	Brownhall Demesne	Drumhome	Donegal	Ballintra	Trihugh	Donegal	OSI Ref: G941701 OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map:
Coolbeg	Coolbeg	Inishmacsaint	Ballyshannon	Ballyshannon Rural	Tirhugh	Donegal	OSI Ref: G861657 OS Sheet: 103 Discovery map:

Archival sources

Hamilton estate rentals in County Donegal, 1825-1922. D3451/1/2. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Hamilton deeds and settlements, 1770-1911. D3608/13/1.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Samuel Fife's notes on condition of tenants. estate of John Hamilton, barony of Boylagh, 1842-43. Ms.7938. ; National Library of Ireland
Account book relating to estate of John Hamilton of Brownhall, 1844-1851. Ms.7937.; National Library of Ireland
Rentals of the estate of John and Abraham Hamilton and other members of the family, in Ballinamore and Fintown, 3 items, 1818 – 1849.; Donegal County Archives
'Brownhall Papers': Deeds, papers, maps, and volumes of the Hamilton family estates (some being Trinity College properties). consists of Rentals - College estate (Murvagh College lands, Brownhall College lands, Brownhall estate, Lisminton, Lisminton estate), correspondence and legal papers. 1672-1951. Brownhall Deeds: Brownhall/D/1-104 (1672-1879) Brownhall Maps: Brownhall Map 1-50 (1777-1911) Brownhall Papers: Brownhall P/1-34 (1702-1951); Trinity College Dublin

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Donegal Poor Law Union, p.118 (Urbalshinny), p.119 (Coxtown,), p.125 (Brownhall Demesne)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Poor Law Union: p.26 (Cool Beg)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.120 (Brown Hall)
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] : p.200.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226.

Modern printed sources

''Donegal Annual'': . Hanna, Sam. John Hamilton, Brown Hall: tenants of the Ballydermot estate, 1821-1857. 74 (2022), pp.100-110.
''Donegal Annual'': Hanna, Sam. Late eighteenth century maps of Ballybulgan townland and tenants. 71 (2019), pp.121-125.
''Donegal Annual'': Meehan, Helen. The Hamiltons of Brownhall. 60 (2008), pp.38-58.
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: p.291.
''Donegal Annual'': Hanna, Sam. A 1773 map of Ballintra and associated local families. 70 (2018), pp.103-106.