CAVAN RESOURCES & LINKS

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Resources and Links in this Section organised by the following catagories:

Census Records & Census Substitutes
Church Records & Graveyards
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Books

Official website of Cavan County Council which has details of the area and links to the library service

Irish Times sources for Co. Cavan

Various Co. Cavan links NEW

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Census Records & Census Substitutes
Co. Cavan Census Returns & Substitutes
Co. Cavan Census Records- what's available (from Irish Genealogist)

1796 Flax Growers Lists: Anagelife, Anna, Bailieborough,  Balintample, Ballymakew, Castleraghan, Castletarrah, Collumkil, Crousherlough, Din, Drumgoon, Drumlane, Drumlommon, Drung, Enniskeen, Kilbride, Kildallin, Killan, Killincare, Killishandra, Kilmore, Kilsherdney, Knockbride, Larrah, Lavy, Mallycoran, Munterconaght and Urney.

1821 Census extracts- Crosserlough Rockes (Crosserlough Parish), Drumnagran (Kildrumsherdan Parish, Killynure (Crosserlough Parish), Kilderry (Crosserlough Parish), Kilnaleck (Crosserlough Parish) and here, Mayo (Drumgoon Parish)
1821 census- Various townlands- here and here

1841 Census
details of Killeshandra

1901 census- NOW ONLINE

1911 census- NOW ONLINE

Links updated Sept 2013

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Church Records & Graveyards
General history of various denominations in regard to records
Information on Church of Ireland Records
Co. Cavan Church records (all denominations) New link
Cavan Gravestone Records http://www.from-ireland.net/free-gravestone-records-cavan

Church of Ireland:
Cootehill Church of Ireland (1819) replaced an earlier building in Church Street.
Drumgoon CoI Parish Baptismal Extracts (1802 - 1864)
St. Augustine's, Swanlinbar
St. Peter's, Templeport

Roman Catholic:
http://www.from-ireland.net/cav/cavanrcindex.htm
The Roman Catholic Church, located 400m from the village on the Virginia Road (R194), is named in memory of its patron Saint Kilian. The Church of Ireland Anglican Church is called "Teampeall Ceallaigh" and is located further along the same road, approx 600m.
Killeshandra- Holy Rosary Sisters Convent

Presbyterian:
Presbyterian Church records in Cavan NEW 4/13
Click here to read an excerpt from "The History of Presbyterianism in East Cavan and a small portion of Meath and Monaghan" by Thomas Hall, Member of the Royal Society of Antiquarians, Belfast in 1912.

Killeshandra Old Cemetery
Raffoney Graveyard, Virginia
Teampall Cheallaigh Cemetery, Mullagh
Maghera Cemetery

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Land Records & Maps
Townlands, Parishes, etc. Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important.
For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands
To find townlands + parishes: http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/  * (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word) or here
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1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary
Griffith's Valuation: here and here
1876 Landowners: "Names of owners of land of one acre and upwards, whether built upon or not; including lessees for terms exceeding 99 years, or with a right of perpetual renewal"

Co. Cavan map

Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes" of Co. Cavan contain notes on many of the Parishes in the county.
They also contain three maps .. Baronies of County Cavan A large 1990's map, Cavan parish maps showing townlands and a 1892 map of most of Cavan & Monaghan By Bartholomew. 

 * Link updated

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Directories

1846 Slater's Commercial Directory - Ulster
1852 directory
1861 directory
1877 directory
1880 directory Bailieborough, Belturbet, Cavan, Cootehill
1901 directory
1907 directory
1910 Ulster Towns directory
1913 telephone directory
1915 Kelly's directory of the leather trade

Resource guide to Belfast & Ulster directories-
http://www.liscni.co.uk/docs/Belfast_and_Ulster_Street_Directories.pdf

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Places

1851 Parishes, Co. Cavan: Annagelliff, Annagh, Bailieborough, Ballintemple, Ballymachugh, Castlerahan, Castleterra, Crosserlough, Denn, Drumgoon, Drumlane, Drumlumman, Drumreilly, Drung, Enniskeen, Kilbride, Kildallan, Kildrumsherdan, Killashandra, Killinagh, Killinkere, Kilmore, Kinawley, Knockbride, Larah, Lavey, Loughan (Castlekeeran), Lurgan, Moybolgue, Mullagh, Munterconnaught, Scrabby, Sherthingy, Templeport, Tomregan, Urney

Belturbet
Drung website

Killeshandra tourist information
Killeshandra website and history
Killeshandra Creamery
book- "FAMILY AND FARM IN PRE-FAMINE IRELAND The Parish of Killashandra" by Kevin O'Neill

"The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."

Irish Genealogical Project- Cavan- lots of links NEW

pictures of Cavan

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People & Families

Dictionary of Ulster Biography - list of Co. Cavan people- just search with Cavan as location

1641 Depositions- many Cavan people listed

Co. Cavan Roll of Honour- "Details of the people who died from County Cavan in WWI will be included in the publication. The Roll will be available in libraries throughout the County on completion. A CD version of the Roll will also be available on completion. The database is still being compiled, so please feel free to browse it and contact us with any more information."

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Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Cavan County Library

Cavan County Museum

Breifne Historical Society "founded as a non political and non sectarian historical society to promote interest in and the study of the local history of the ancient kingdom of Breifne." Includes some lovely area photos.

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Workhouses: Baileborough, Bawnboy, Cavan, Cootehill
Photo of Bawnboy Workhouse- scroll down

St Joseph's Orphanage & Industrial School was run by the enclosed order of Poor Clare nuns in Main Street, Cavan. "The Cavan Fire" which took place there more than sixty years ago claimed the lives of more than thirty five orphans.

Killeshandra schools lists (1826- )

Royal School, Cavan: "The Royal School Cavan is one of the Ulster Royal Schools which where founded during the reign of James 1, at the time of the Ulster Plantation. The first Headmaster was John Robinson who was appointed on the 5th. Of October 1611. The School has an unbroken educational tradition in County Cavan since then, becoming the country's second co-educational boarding school in 1924."