Court Hill, Dunboyne, Co Meath 

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

[Supplement] 

p. 294. “An elegant mid-C19 neo-Classical villa in the style of J.S. Mulvany, of one storey over a basement and three bays; the centre bay being raised as a pedimented attic. Flanking service tower. remodelled in Edwardian period.” 

Not in national inventory 

https://meathhistoryhub.ie/houses-a-d/

Courthill House was erected near the Church of Ireland church at Dunboyne about 1835. It was the residence of John Greene and described as a neat two storey slated modern house. The attached outbuildings were in good repair and the demesne of twenty seven acres was kept in good order. A two storey house it is described as a substantial square villa with an elegant classical hall. The plasterwork dates to about 1838.  About 1900 Courthill was enlarged by the addition of an extra storey. A walled garden stands to the north of the house. A gate lodge was erected about 1880. 

Walsingham Coke held Courthill until 1622 when he sold it to Sir Arthur Savage. James Hamilton purchased it in 1698 from Sir Lawrence Parsons. This James Hamilton was from Raheny and was not related to the Hamiltons of Hamwood and Sheephill. The Wilson family then held the property. 

Courthill House was erected by John Green, a fishmonger in the mid 1830s. Henry Green held the property in the 1850s. The house then descended though various families. In 1873 Patrick O’Donnell purchased the property but it was up for sale again in 1884 and 1893.  It came into the hands of John Justin McCarthy in 1908. John McCarthy was the son of Jeremiah McCarthy of Coolnacalle. McCarthy was from Kerry and had managed to acquire a fortune though railways shares in companies in Africa. A supporter of Kerry GAA, Kerry footballers stayed at Courthill the night before the All-Irelands. 

McCarthy died in 1953 and after the death of his wife the property passed to Eamonn Walsh. Courthill provided the name for Courthill Drive, a local residential development.