This page collects information about people with surname Hall who were known or believed to have lived in early Ireland.
Family History[]
FitzGerald Family[]
This family lineage traces back to the FitzGerald dynasty, a family of Irish-Norman warriors that played an important role in the Norman Conquest of Ireland. In about 1390, one of their descendants, Robert FitzGerald of Hall, killed a local government official and fled to SouthEastern Scotland to avoid criminal prosecution. He adopted the name of the family manor home, Hall Castle in County Limerick, as his own surname and thus became the first member of the Hall Family.
Ulster Plantation[]
From a postcard of the early 20th Century.
About 300 years several descendants of the Hall Family participated in Ulster Plantation, the Anglo-Scotch settlement of Northern Ireland. Many of these Halls settled in and around Ballymena, in County Antrim.
Ballymena is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Halls were active in helping Scotch settlers settle the "Ulster Plantation" in Northern Ireland. In the 1600s Sir Robert Hall (d. 1655) built Ballymena Castle as a centre for their Irish estates. But a great portion of the Hall Family continued at their main residence in Kilhilt Tower in Wigtownshire, Scotland. For time Ballymena was renamed "Kinhiltshire".
- See Halls of Ballymena Castle
- Links to William Hall (1565-1626) and his father Ninian Hall (1531-1608) in Wigtownshire in the 16th Century.
Notable Individuals[]
- Hall Family
- Hall Family Ancestry
Other Notable Halls[]
Notable Landmarks[]
Adare Castle[]
- Adare Castle, a manor house in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. It is a great castle and the estate dates back to Norman times.
- Believed to be family home of Robert FitzGerald of Hall (1366-1445), who fled the family home her to start the first Hall Family line in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
External Links[]
Hall by County[]
- Hall in County Antrim, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Armagh, Craigavon, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Carlow, Carlow, Leinster, Easter and Midland
- Hall in County Cavan, Cavan, Ulster, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Clare, Ennis, Munster, Southern
- Hall in County Cork, Cork, Munster, Southern
- Hall in County Donegal, Lettekenny, Ulster, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Down, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Fermanagh, Enniskillen, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Galway, Galway, Connacht, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Kerry, Tralee, Munster, Southern
- Hall in County Kildare, Newbridge, leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Southern
- Hall in County Laois, Portlaoise, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Leitrim, Carrick-on-Shannon, Connacht, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Limerick, Limerick, Monster, Southern
- Hall in County Londonderry, Derry, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Longford, Longford, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Louth, Drogheda, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Mayo, Castlebar, Connacht, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Meath, Navan, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Offaly, Tullamore, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Roscommon, Roscommon, Connacht, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Sligo, Sligo, Connecht, Northern and Western
- Hall in County Tipperary, Clonmet, Munster, Southern
- Hall in County Tyrone, Omagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland
- Hall in County Waterford, Waterford, Munster, Southern
- Hall in County Westmeath, Athlone, Leinster, Eastern and Midland
- Hall in County Wexford, Wexford, Leinster, Southern
- Hall in County Wicklow, Bray, Leinster, Eastern and Midland