Landed Estates
University of Galway

Naghten (Thomastown)

The Naghtens or O'Naghtens were one of the old Gaelic families who managed to retain some of their former lands after the land settlements of the late 17th century by conforming to the Established Church in the 18th century. The Naghten estate was in the parish of Drum, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. The Naghtens intermarried with the D'Arcys of Houndswood, county Mayo, the Burkes of Tiaquin, county Galway and the Dillons of Johnstown, county Roscommon. In 1828 Thomas Mahon Naghten was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. In the 1870s the Naghten estate amounted to 4,829 acres in county Roscommon. Malachy Naghten was described as an insolvent debtor when two properties belonging to him were advertised for sale in the mid 1850s. He was one of the parties in a case, Keogh v Naghten, in the Court of Chancery. It is not clear if he was closely related to the Thomastown Naghtens. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~naughton/Naughton.html

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Thomastown Park Thomastown Demesne Drum Athlone Thomastown 10 Athlone Roscommon OSI Ref: M948 353
OS Sheet: 54
Discovery map: 47
Cuilleen House Cuilleen Drum Athlone Athlone West Rural 1 Athlone Roscommon OSI Ref: M992 408
OS Sheet: 52
Discovery map: 47

Archival sources

  • Copy of confirmation of arms to Martin Naughten MD of Innislonaught, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, grandson of Thomas Naughten of Drum & son of Patrick Naughten of Woodbrook, Co Roscommon, 5 Oct 1953. GO MS 111h:13; National Library of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Naghten, 28 Mar 1854, Vol 26, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Naghten, 9 Feb 1858, Vol 50, MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Lease from Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh to Laughlin Naughten of the quarter of Clonarke [Co Roscommon], 3 Feb 1680. D 8766; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of O’Naghten of Athlone & Thomastown with descent from O’Kelly of Killahan & Gort, c 1600-1788. GO MS 95:75; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of O’Kelly of Gort & Killahan, Co Roscommon, c 1600-c 1750. GO MS 165: 400; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of Naughten of Clonark, Athlone, Thomastown & Woodpart, Co Roscommon & of Co Tipperary, c 1775-1953. GO MS 182a, 85-86; National Library of Ireland
  • Local History File - Thomastown House; Roscommon County Library
  • Moseley family of Buildwas, Shropshire, Irish counties: Kelly-Moseley Marriage (Bundle 34). 2089/4/4/1-4 ; Shropshire Archives
  • Thomastown Park photos. 013/063; Irish Architectural Archive
  • Pedigrees, genealogical notes & associated correspondence re family of O'Naghten of Co Roscommon & La Haban, Cuba, 1956-1957. MS 21,928; National Library of Ireland
  • W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, includes mortgages of Clonrollagh, parish of Drum, Co Roscommon, by Thomas Mahon Naghten, 1864-1871. Small Accs. Index 76, D.10,715-10,717, D.10,720-10,730 ; National Archives of Ireland
  • Wills of Walsh & Naghten families, Co Roscommon. John J. Walsh Accession. Acc No 1/248. M. 5367; National Archives of Ireland

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Modern printed sources