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Estate: Jones (Skreen)

Associated Families

Jones (Skreen)

Description

Toberpatrick was one of the properties held by the Jones family since the 17th century. It was purchased by Peter O'Connor in the mid-19th century, possibly following on a sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1852. A perpetual annuity of £60 per annum, charged upon lands in the Barony of Tireragh, which had been the subject of a dispute between Jones and the Earl of Kingston, in 1837, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in November 1851. An estate at Clontuskert, barony of Clonmacnowen, county Galway, owned by Thomas Loftus Jones, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July 1863. Over 1000 acres of the same estate were offered for sale in July 1867.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Toberpatrick (Skreen) (H167) Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Tubberpatrick" as the seat of Captain Jones. In 1837 Lewis recorded Tubberpatrick House as a seat of the Jones family. At the time of the estate sale in the Encumbered Estates court in April 1852, the house at Tubberpatrick was described as "a dwelling house fit for the reception of a gentleman, with offices and garden on the demesne". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the property of Peter O'Connor and was valued at £15. Toberpatrick House is still extant and occupied. In 2008 it was offered for sale through Knight Frank estate agents [Irish Times, 13 March 2008].	Toberpatrick	Skreen	Dromore West	Toberpatrick East 29	Tireragh	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.26442 -8.69836 OSI Ref: G545353 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #13.
Chapel Park (H1038) At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Jones was both a lessor and an occupier of lands in three townlands in Clontuskert parish, barony of Clonmacnowen. This included a property valued at almost £3 at Chapel Park. A farm with modern buildings is extant at the site now.	Chapel Park	Clontuskert	Ballinalsoe	Clontuskert 12	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.27963 -8.22640 OSI Ref: M849255 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #100.
Ardnaglass (H4938) Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Ardnaglass as the seat of Mr. Jones, "half a mile beyond the ruins of a castle". The castle he refers to is Ardnaglass Castle, also associated with the Jones family. Earlier, in 1739, Reverend William Henry mentions Ardnaglass as the seat of Loftus Jones. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was part of the Webber estate, leased by William Graham. He was occupying a property valued at £4. The castle ruins are still extant.	Ardabrone	Skreen	Dromore West	Toberpatrick West	Tireragh	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25628 -8.70743 OSI Ref: G539344 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #13.
Grangemore (Tireragh) (H4939) In 1786 Wilson refers to Grange as the seat of Mr. Jones. It is possible that he is referring to the house then at Grangemore, in the parish of Templeboy. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was part of the estate of William Phibbs and the house, occupied by Thomas McKim, was valued at £3. McTernan writes that in the mid-17th century, this property had been known as Curhow and was owned by Theophilus Jones. It was subsequently sublet to the Wood family and purchased by Phibbs from the Cooper of Coopershill estate in the 1790s. The original house continued in McKim possession until the 1870s when it passed to the Dennison family who later built a new house on the property. In the 1900s it was acquired by Archibald McGregor and later in the twentieth century by the Boyd family. A house is still extant at the site.	Grangemore	Templeboy	Dromore West	Templeboy North 27	Tireragh	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.23225 -8.81438 OSI Ref: G469318 Discovery map #24. OS Sheet #18.

Archival sources

National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Jones, 23 April 1852, Vol 14, MRGS 39/006 (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Thomas Loftus Jones, 6 July 1863, Vol 69, MRGS 39/034 (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Jones, 5 July 1867, Vol 86, MRGS 39/042, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Earl of Kingston, 2 December 1851, Vol 12, MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes deeds re Jones of Ardnaghas. Small Accs. Index 105
National Library of Ireland: Draft pedigree of Jones family of Ardnaree & Ardnaglass, 1650-1897. GO MSS 808.
National Library of Ireland: Lease by Lewis Jones of Ardnglass of land in county Sligo to Thomas Loftus & Adam Kidder, 1698. D.9797.
National Library of Ireland: Marriage settlement of Lewis Jones & Ann Loftus of Killyan, county Meath, 1698. D.9712.
National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to descendents of Lewis Jones of Ardnaglass, 1873. GO MSS 109.
Sligo County Library: Rental of estate of Jeremiah Jones in Tireragh, 1850. Estates Vol V.

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

Modern printed sources

HOWLEY, Orla. The medieval settlement at Ardnaglass and its landscape context. NUI, Galway: unpublished MA thesis, 2005. TH6277. : All
McTERNAN, John C. Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 93-94 (Grangemore), 472-473 (Toberpatrick)
TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Timoney, Martin A. "Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the county of Sligoe" by the Rev. William Henry, 1739", p.150. [Ardnaglass]

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