County Cavan – Choose a Topic

County Cavan highlighted in dark green.

Choose from topics below for stories of people, families, events and places connected to County Cavan’s past

Family Histories

• Butler of Belturbet (under Madden)
• Clements of Rathkenny
• Finlay of Killeshandra (reputedly!)
• Gallagher / Callachor of Rathkenny
• Young of Bailieborough

Places in County Cavan

• Gartlan’s Bar – Kingscourt

Vanishing Ireland
(County Cavan)

• Baby Rudden (1923-2015) – Farmer of Redhills and cover star of the second Vanishing Ireland book.
• Johnny Golden (1937-2010) – The Gouldy of Doogarry
• Teresa McGerty (1925-2013) – Publican of Longfield, County Leitrim

County Cavan Roots

• Nicole Kidman’s Irish Ancestry
• The Irish in Chicago
• Sackville Carden of Stradone House and the Naval Attack on the Dardanelles

Articles relating to County Cavan

• A Short History of Irish Gold
• The Cistercian Order in Ireland
• The Forgotten Cult of St John the Baptist in Medieval Ireland
• The Ulster Canal
• The Irish and the White House
• The Trial of Bernard Farrelly, Clonkeefy, 1920
• Maxol – The History of an Irish Family Company
• Too Close to Closing Time – Gartlan’s Again!
• Waterways Through Time
• The Big Snow of 1947, 1963, 1982 … and other major Snowstorms