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Hamilton (Coxtown)
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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.
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Hamilton (Brownhall & St. Ernans)
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James Hamilton was among the principal lessors In the parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh and the parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh, Couny Donegal, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s James Hamilton of Brown Hall, Ballintra, County Donegal, owned over 8,500 acres in the county. At the same time, John Hamilton of St. Enrnans owned over 9000 acres in County Donegal. In 1857 he was among the principal lessors in the parish of Killymard, barony of Banagh. Chichester Hamilton, a member of the Brownhall family, acted as an estate agent for estates in County Louth. In the 1870s he was recorded as the owner of almost 4000 acres in County Donegal.
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