And to one of Ireland's most historic Georgian homes! Constructed in 1710,Hill House has, over the centuries, played an integral social role in the evolution of Ireland's troubled history. Set in opulent Georgian splendour, overlooking the ancient town of Cashel, Hill House, since its earliest days, became the dwelling place of the Ascendancy ruling classes who administrator British rule in Ireland.

During the 1830s and 40s Hill House became the home of the inspirational cleric, Rev. Dean James McDonnell, who fought a relentless campaign against heartless landlordism and injustice, unprecedented bigotry and poverty, and the pestilent evil of starvation that ravaged the Irish countryside during the Great Famine. During his tenure, this courageous priest entertained the "Liberator" Daniel O'Connell, who held one of his "Monster Rallies" here in 1846 with the objective of repealing the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

From 1848-1883 Hill House was the home of the British Government's local stipendiary magistrate, the Honourable Martin Joseph Ffrench, who helped suppress the Rising of 1848 and he Fenian Rising of 1867. With the quarrels of history now resolved,

Hill House finds itself at peace with a prosperous and energetic modern Ireland. Under the auspices of its new owner, Carmel Purcell, the old house has been painstakingly and lovingly restored to its former glory. Piece by piece, and room by room, Carmel has thrown out all semblance's of modernity and replace them with genuine period Georgian furniture, collected from auctions all over Ireland.