Forster
John Forster [sometimes spelt Foster] was Member of Parliament for county Monaghan in 1661. In 1667, he was granted the Tullaghan estate in the parish of Tedavnet, county Monaghan, by Charles II, consisting of 2,713 acres in the baronies of Monaghan and Cremorne. His great grandson, the Reverend Thomas Forster, was created a baronet in 1794 and died in 1843. He was succeeded by his son, George, 2nd Baronet, of Coolderry, Carrickmacross. On 4 April 1854, 2,847 acres comprised of the Slievebagh, Tullaghan, Drumlina and Coolderry estates in county Monaghan, 134 acres in county Fermanagh and some town holdings in Ardee, county Louth were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. A few years later Griffith's Valuation records the 2nd Baronet holding an estate of 13 townlands in the parish of Tedavnet, barony of Monaghan. In 1876, this estate contained 2,062 acres.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolderry | Coolderry | Magheracloone | Carrickmacross | Drumboory | Farney | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: N863797
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 35 |
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| Tullaghan | Tullaghan | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Scotstown | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H609343
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Conveyance of lands in ‘Aughafin’ [Aghafin] and Lislannan, Co Monaghan, by William Forster to Dr David Ross, 7 April 1838. Mortgage of same parties, David Ross and Dr David Ross, 16 July 1853. Needham Papers T618/147 & T618/182 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy lease by Rev John Forster, Tullaghan, to J. Bready, Foremass, Co Monaghan, 15 Dec 1679. T317; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of Forster of Killegh, Dublin and Tullaghan, Co Monaghan, Barts, c 1500-c 1804. GO Ms 112, 82-83; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to Rev Thomas Forster of Tullaghan, 13 Jan 1794. GO Ms 103, 133; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Forster of Tullaghan, with copy of patent of baronetcy, 1716-1794. GO Ms 113, 26-34; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of maps of the Forster estate in the Dungannon area, Co Tyrone and in Co Monaghan, surveyed by J.A. Fleming, 1795-1805. D1105; National Library of Ireland
- Papers concerning the estates of associated families, as follows: printed Encumbered Estates Court rental of the estate of William Filgate in Cos. Louth and Monaghan - the Louth part of which was held under the Foster family; and two title-deeds concerning the Coolderry, Co. Monaghan, estate of Sir Thomas Forster, husband of the Hon. Mary-Elizabeth Alice Plunket, 1855-1876. D3406/A/14/6; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Forster, 4 Apr 1854, Vol 27 (4), MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 222-224
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 169
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrickmacross Union, 94 (Coolderry); Monaghan Union, 83 (Tullaghan)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 331 (Coolderry) & 662 (Tullaghan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 268