Lucas/Corban Lucas (Rathealy & Ballynacarriga)
The Lucas family were settled at Youghal, county Cork, in the mid 17th century. In 1714 John Lucas, an Alderman of Youghal, married Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Hyde of Castle Hyde. For three generations the head of the family was named Arthur Hyde Lucas. In 1806 the second Arthur Hyde Lucas married Frances Adams of Cregg, Fermoy and had three sons, Arthur H., John [who married Mary Corban of Kilworth and had a son, Arthur John Lucas] and Henry. John and Arthur Lucas held land in the parish of Dunmahon, barony of Fermoy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Colonel Arthur Hyde Lucas of Rathealy owned 434 acres in county Cork in the 1870s, while Arthur John Lucas owned 705 acres and the Lucas minors with an address at the Estates Agency Office, Fermoy, owned 491 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rath-healy | Rath-healy | Clondulane | Fermoy | Fermoy Rural 140 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W822 990
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Maryville | Maryville | Kilworth | Fermoy | Kilworth 146 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: R825 022
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Ballynacarriga | Ballynacarriga | Kilcrumper | Fermoy | Kilworth 146 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: R817 024
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 74 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of royal licence to Arthur John Lucas of Ballinacarriga, Co. Cork, to take the name Corban in addition to and before that of Lucas Aug. 2, 1877. Genealogical Office: Ms.153, pp.263-8 ; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Kilworth; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Condons and Clangibbon Barony, 40 (Rathhealy)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 356 (Rathealy)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 128
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 235 (Rathealy), 236 (Ballynacarriga)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 225 (Rath-hely [Bryan])
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 63, 260, 309
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 352-353
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 740
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 16