Hall (Knockbrack)
Description
Related to the Halls of Mount Hall and Narrow Water, county Down.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Hall (Knockbrack) | The Halls were an English family who settled in the north of Ireland at Narrow Water, county Down, in the 17th century. The Knockbrack branch are descended from a younger son and appear to have begun their connection with county Galway in the late 18th century, when the Reverend Francis Hall became Rector of Aughrim. Family members pursued careers in the army and church. General Henry Hall bought about half of the Tiaquin estate of the Burkes, which was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in October 1851. He built a house in the townland of Knockbrack, which he called Mairwarra, after a place in India, but by the late 19th century the house was called Knockbrack. The Hall estate was in the parish of Monivea, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, and in the 1870s amounted to 4,139 acres in county Galway and 232 acres in county Fermanagh. Pádraig Lane records that Henry Hall also bought the Bodkin estate of 347 acres at Bingarra. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Colonel William [Henry?] Hall held three townlands in the parish of Kilbeggan, including part of the town, purchased from Gustavus Lambert in the Encumbered Estates Court, 1851. General Henry Hall (1789-1874) of Knockbrack, county Galway and Merville, county Dublin, associated with the monument known as the Five Lamps in Dublin, owned 572 acres in County Westmeath in the mid-1870s. In 1906 his grandson Henry T. Hall held over 1,000 acres of untenanted land and the mansion house at Knockbrack. Deposits of Hall of Narrow Water papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland do not appear to relate to any property in Connacht. |
| Burke (Tiaquin) | The estate of 5,879 acres was in the parish of Monivea, barony of Tiaquin, county Mayo and was advertised for sale in 1851. Martin Francis O'Flaherty was the petitioner. Tiaquin house and demesne were bought by Thomas Richardson and Henry Hall bought the remainder of the estate. |
| Bodkin (Castletown & Mountsilk) | From the 17th century the Bodkins were established in the parish of Moylough, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway. John Bodkin leased the Castletown estate in the parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, from the Echlin family in 1776 and the Bingarra estate from the Bodkins of Thomastown in 1789. He also purchased land from Denis Bowes Daly in the barony of Kilconnell in 1794. He became a very extensive stock breeder and land holder. He left his property to his two sons Dominick and John Bodkin. They both were indebted to their brother-in-law, Anthony Clarke and the Bodkin estates were entangled in protracted litigation for a long period of time, resulting in their sale in the Encumbered and Landed Estates' Courts. Bingarra, barony of Tiaquin (bought by Henry Hall) and Ballybogan, barony of Kilconnell (bought by Lord Dunsandle), were advertised for sale in November 1855 and Laughill, barony of Tiaquin in November 1858. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Bodkin owned three townlands in the parish of Dunmore, barony of Ballymoe, which were advertised for sale by Thomas James Bodkin in 1864, with Ballydoogan and the islands in the barony of Kilconnell. John Samuel Barrett of Greenhills, was the purchaser of some of these lots. The representatives of Thomas J. Bodkin are recorded as holding over 350 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. In 1808 John Bodkin of Bingarra married Margaret Bodkin of Annagh and their grandson Martin Bodkin inherited the Annagh estate, barony of Clare, following the death of his cousin Robert Bodkin of Annagh in 1881. |
| 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. |