A distillery in Lurgan 1804

[hall and walsh]

I have just found an 1804 newspaper advert for the sale of a distillery outside of Lurgan, owned by a Joseph Hall. The advert indicated that the distillery produced large quantities of whisky.
Is there a source I could use to find out more about  the distillery?

Thanks,

[scotmum]

Maybe an earlier Joseph Hall, but apparently the following is held at PRONI:

HALL  Joseph    Distiller    Lurgan / Arm    Copy Will & probate    c1793    D 3517

[KGarrad]

Another forum (Lurgan Ancestry) says it was owned by the Greer family?
And destroyed by fire in 1837.

The first Catholic Church in Lurgan, St Peters, was built on Distillery Hill - now known as Lower North Street.

And a previous topic!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=568151.0

And a previous topic of yours!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=614949.0

[AndyMcElroy]

Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of Ireland 1835 states the following about Lurgan;

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http://archive.org/stream/leighsnewpocket01leiggoog#page/n538/mode/2up

[AndyMcElroy]

The Vintner's Guide for 1825 :


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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/81078128/Phipps---1825---The-Vintners-Guide

[hall and walsh]

Thanks for your responses. perhaps  Hall sold the distillery to Greer as a result of the advertisements appearing in the newspapers in 1804.

[Hall and MacCormac]

I have just found an 1804 newspaper advert for the sale of a distillery outside of Lurgan, owned by a Joseph Hall. The advert indicated that the distillery produced large quantities of whisky.
Is there a source I could use to find out more about  the distillery?

Thanks,

I am descended from Colonel Joseph Hall of 'Hall Place' in Lurgan, County Armagh, who was said to have been a prosperous distiller with additional farmland. He invested in property with his son in law, John MacCormac (d. 1811), and was the grandfather of Dr Henry MacCormac (1800-1886), whose mother was a Hall-Mary Ann Hall (1766-1846). I read in the Belfast Journal that Joseph Hall may have fallen on hard times and this may explain why the Halls were not associated with a distillery later on.

If anyone can provide direct information on the origins of this Hall family (or indeed the MacCormac family) in the eighteenth and seventeenth century, that would be helpful. The origins of the Hall family and MacCormacs are unclear-but both, particularly the Halls, were quite well-to-do- seemingly

[Hall and MacCormac]

Maybe an earlier Joseph Hall, but apparently the following is held at PRONI:

HALL  Joseph    Distiller    Lurgan / Arm    Copy Will & probate    c1793    D 3517

I am descended from Colonel Joseph Hall of 'Hall Place' in Lurgan, County Armagh, who was said to have been a prosperous distiller with additional farmland. He invested in property with his son in law, John MacCormac (d. 1811), and was the grandfather of Dr Henry MacCormac (1800-1886), whose mother was a Hall-Mary Ann Hall (1766-1846). I read in the Belfast Journal that Joseph Hall may have fallen on hard times and this may explain why the Halls were not associated with a distillery later on.

If anyone can provide direct information on the origins of this Hall family (or indeed the MacCormac family) in the eighteenth and seventeenth century, that would be helpful. The origins of the Hall family and MacCormacs are unclear-but both, particularly the Halls, were quite well-to-do- seemingly