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As mentioned in a direct message to “T R Lucas,” I haven’t been on this site in “yonks”…certainly BC (Before COVID)…looks like October 2015. I trust that you and yours have come through okay and that vaccinations are being enjoyed by all who can.

Several things have become apparent to me through either reading things posted here more carefully or various experiences I have been fortunate to enjoy since my posting my initial “Reply.”

As “aghadowey” correctly pointed out, the  grandfather of “T R Lucas” was the brother (11 years younger) of John William Lucas (my maternal grandfather).

These brothers were two of the children of John William Lucas (the elder), who is mentioned in 1901 Census as “Head of Household” with wife, Mary Jane, in Knocknalossett.

“tyler35” (George) is my second cousin. His parents, Robert and Brenda, in Hillsborough are my cousins (Robert being the son of my Uncle Bobby and Auntie Lily, as “tyler35” said. Naomi and Salfran are “tyler35”’s aunts (Robert’s sisters).

His paternal grandfather, however, is John Wm. (the younger), not the younger brother, Thomas Robert, who is “T R Lucas”’s grandfather.

So, as to my “fortunate experiences,” in August 2018, my wife, Susan, and I made a trip from Houston, Texas, USA (our home) to Ireland. It was the first time I was there, since my Mother, sisters and I lived in Strangford, County Down, while my Dad was in Vietnam with the US Air Force. That was 1968-69, when I was 13 and in 3rd form at the Down High. Half a century hence!

We stayed in Newcastle and were able to see several many (sadly, not all) of my MANY cousins. Everyone was most gracious to us and we had a “grand” time.

A particular highlight was spending the day with my Hillsborough cousins (George & Letty, Robert & Brenda, Naomi & Salfran and probably several others whom I shamefully neglect to name, not counting the children and grandchildren of the aforementioned).

Later during our visit to Ireland, we drove to Cootehill, County Cavan. I had made arrangements with the Church of Ireland parishes, there, and two very kind folk, who remembered being neighbors of the Lucas’s there, chauffeured me about to Drumgoon Cemetery, Dernikesh Chapel of Ease and the old Lucas farmhouse and shop. Fantastic!!

I hope y’all check this site sometime, soon; I would love to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Jonathan Lucas Jee

Perhaps there is more than one 'John William Lucas' in Co. Cavan (?).

My mother was a daughter (born 1920) of John William Lucas and Frances (nee Brown). She was one of their twelve children born in Co. Cavan.

As I know, he was a farmer and merchant, who lived in Cavan until sometime in the twenties, when the family moved to Belfast.

Perhaps they were related (?).

As a child, I visited the home in which my mother and her family lived. It was at an intersection of roads near Cootehill, and in that day was still known as "Lucas's Cross."

She spoke of Knockbride Church and also mentioned the Church of Ireland at Dernakesh, Co. Cavan, as their parish church, at which births, marriages and deaths were registered.