Lucas (Raconnell)
Edward Lucas of Castle Shane was born in 1720 and had a family of seven sons and five daughters. One of his younger sons Lieut Colonel Robert Lucas married Olivia daughter and co heir of John Owen of Raconnell and widow of Henry Owen Scott of Scotstown by whom he had a large family including Edward William Lucas who was occupying Raconnell at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. His mother Olivia Lucas held two townlands in the parish of Kilmore at this time and with her nephew Owen Blayney Cole held townlands in the parishes of Drumsnat, Clones and Tedavnet. In 1855 Edward W. Lucas married Louisa Martha, daughter of Henry George Johnston of Fort Johnston, county Monaghan. In 1876 Edward William Lucas of Raconnell owned 79 acres in county Monaghan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raconnell | Raconnell | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Bellanode | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H652356
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Thornhill (Drumsnat) | Thornhill | Drumsnat | Monaghan | Drumsnat | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H604314
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Carrowbarra House | Carrowbarra Island | Clones | Monaghan | Drumsnat | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H592310
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Testator: Jane Eliza Cole, Mount Street, Dublin. Executor: Edward W. Lucas, Rathconnell, Monaghan. Court Ref.: Cant. 2/396. 1855. EDOL/2711; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Conveyance of land numbered 36 to 45 on plan N attached to an inquisition of 23 December 1836. Mrs Lucas and Mrs Cole to The Ulster Canal Company, for lands at Aughaboy, Co. Monaghan. 1843. COM/1/8/125; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy of the conveyance of the Ballybay estate from Edmond Beaghan of East Bradenham, Norfolk, to Rev. Dr Henry Leslie of Hillsborough, Archdeacon of Down, for £3,600 British, and the original of a subsequent release connected with the transaction; the conveyance of 1712 mentions that the whole estate was then let to Francis Lucas of Castleshane. 1712-1720. D3406/D/4/3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Johnson & Dudgeon, 13 June 1854, Vol 29 (15), MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG) – Thornhill House; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 63, 119
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 360 (Carrowbarra), 521 (Thornhill), II, 662 (Raconnell)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 270