Singleton
Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton, Emyvale, county Monaghan, and his wife Isabella Crawford, had a son Thomas born in 1760. Thomas (junior) married his cousin Annabella Crawford and died in 1836. They had an only child Isabella, born in 1783, who married her cousin Andrew Crawford of Auburn, county Dublin in 1802. In 1842, their son Thomas Crawford succeeded to the Fort Singleton estate and assumed the name of Singleton. The Fort Singleton estate was in the parishes of Donagh and Errigal Trough, barony of Trough. In 1876, Thomas Crawford Singleton owned 4,489 acres in county Monaghan and 766 acres in county Cavan, parish of Kinawley.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fort Singleton | Aghaliskeevan | Errigal Trough | Monaghan | Anketell Grove | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H664463
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Templetown Papers, include leases and maps relating to the Singleton estate in Co Monaghan, 1742-1845. D988; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of Singleton of Fort Singleton, c 1740-c 1825. GO Ms 169,330-331; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to Thomas Crawford of Fort Singleton to use the name and bear the arms of Singleton, 26 Jan 1843. GO Ms 151, 441-442; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to Thomas Crawford of Fort Singleton on his assuming name and arms of Singleton, 14 Feb 1843. GO Ms 107, 250-251; National Library of Ireland
- Copy settlement between James Crawford of Auburn, Co. Dublin, of the first part, Andrew and Isabella Crawford (nee Singleton) of Trough Lodge, Co. Monaghan, of the second part, Mervyn Archdale, of Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and Robert Crawford, of Dublin, of the third part, Dacra Hamilton, of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, and Alexander Crawford, of Mill town Co. Dublin, of the fourth part, John Edward Kernan, of Clontarf Castle, Co, Dublin and John Moutray, of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, of the fifth part, 1807. D2023/1/8; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rents received books for Ardagh, Carricknashanna, Collon, and Mell, Co. Louth, Glasleck and Shercock, Co. Cavan, Creewood and Rathdrinagh, Co. Meath, and Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Singleton and Whitshed estates. 1865-1897. D3711/2/2/1-4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Singleton estate maps 1912-13. 16 M 21 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 164
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 609
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: II, 4
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 40
- 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
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 271