Singleton
The Singletons came from Lancashire and settled in county Clare at the end of the 17th century. John Singleton married Marcella Dalton of Deerpark, heir to her brother. Their second son Edward Dalton Singleton lived at Quinville and three generations of his descendants but the male line died out in the late 19th century. In the mid 19th century the Singleton estate was centred on the parish of Quin, barony of Bunratty Upper, county Clare, with additional parts in the parishes of Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower and Killard, barony of Ibrickan. By the 1870s Hugh Singleton of Hazelwood, parish of Clooney, second son of Edward Dalton Singleton, owned 1,535 acres and his older brother John Singleton of Quinville Abbey owned 1,927 acres in county Clare. Weir writes that Quinville became the residence of a branch of the McCauslands of county Derry in the 20th century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballard | Ballard | Killard | Kilrush | Killard 90 | Ibrickan | Clare |
OSI Ref: Q926 652
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 57 |
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| Hazelwood | Ballyhickey | Clooney | Tulla | Clooney 142 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R423 762
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Quinville House | Quinville North | Quin | Tulla | Quin 145 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R415 753
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Singleton of Ballygorreen & Quinville, c 1750-1832. GO MS 171: 273-276; National Library of Ireland
- Diaries of John Singleton of Quinville Abbey, re his travels on the Continent 1816-1817 & containing references to The Famine, 1845-1851 with list of books in Quinville Abbey 1836. MSS 16,884-16,885; National Library of Ireland
- Genealogical notes on Singleton of Quinville Avenue by Charles French Blake Foster, c 1865. MS 13,560; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 126 (Baltard), 478-479 (Quinville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 114
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 414
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 31 (Ballard); Tulla Union, 1 (Ballyhickey), 22 (Quinville)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 59 (Baltard), 324 (Quinville)
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 34-35, 146, 220-221
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 551-552
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 41 (Hazelwood)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 236 (Quinville)