Ireland

County Cavan

County Cavan, or An Cabhán in Irish, lies in Ulster and borders on Northern Ireland. It is known as "The Lakeland County" as it is reputed to have 365 lakes. Our county town is Cavan and we have a population of approximately 76,092. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors' place of origin.

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1076 Group Members 550 Ancestors 8 Buildings 21 Timeline Events

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Ancestors from Cavan

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Rose Farrelly

Lurgan (Cavan) +others Cavan DOB: 1st January 1817

William Henry Hewitt

Annagelliff (Cavan) +others Cavan DOB: 16th October 1883

Margaret West

Annagelliff (Cavan) +others Cavan DOB: 12th January 1857

Samuel Hewitt

Annagelliff (Cavan) +others Cavan DOB: 1st January 1855

Buildings from Cavan

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image source ©nli.ie — Clements Estate & Tenant Maps KILDRUMSHERDAN

First Presbyterian Church ("Corglass" Church) — First Presbyterian (Corglass) Church

Would love to discover if any remnants of the house remains today. — House 1 Drumcoghill Lower, Killashandra, Tullyhunco, Cavan, Ireland

Timeline from Cavan

Read about the big and small events that shaped the heritage of Cavan.

1850

Emigration to Australia - John & Jane (Leahy) Duignan & 2 sons

25th Mar 1850

1930

Travelling Folk in the 1930s

1st Jan 1938

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Cavan Message Board

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Kildallan or Kilmore

8 Dec 2022 19:26

Bernard McCabe b.ca 1793

18 Nov 2022 10:57

John McCabe Mary Anne Kelly

18 Nov 2022 10:41

Bernard Gaffney (son of Charles Gaffney) and siblings

17 Nov 2022 09:37

Cavan Local Guide

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