Co. Cavan

Hearn, William Edward (1826–88), lawyer and politician in Australia, was born 21 April 1826 at Belturbet, Co. Cavan, the second of seven sons of the Rev. William Edward Hearn, curate at Killargue, Co. Leitrim, and his wife, Henrietta Alicia Hearn (née Reynolds). Educated at…

Higgins, Mick (Michael Joseph) (1922–2010), Gaelic footballer, was born on 19 August 1922 in the Bronx, New York city, USA, the eldest of five sons and one daughter of John Higgins, a bus driver, originally of Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, and his wife Mary (née Farrelly), originally of…

Huddie, Sir David (Patrick) (1916–98), engineer, was born 12 March 1916 in Cavan, Co. Cavan, sixth among four sons and three daughters of James Huddie, farmer, and Catherine Huddie (née Frizelle), of Clara House, Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh. He was educated at Sligo Grammar School and…

James, William (1771–1832), business magnate, financier, and progenitor of a major American intellectual family, was born 29 December 1771 in Corkish, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, second of three sons of William James (1736–1822), tenant farmer, probably of Welsh stock, and Susan…

Kelly, James (1929–2003), army officer and republican, was born in the townland of Leiter, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, on 16 October 1929, eldest of ten children (five sons – two became priests – and five daughters) of James Kelly, farmer, miller, publican and War of Independence Sinn…

Logier, Frederick (1801–67), organist, teacher, and composer, was born 25 April 1801 in the town of Cavan, the second child of the German pedagogue and inventor Johann Bernhard Logier (qv) and his first wife, Elizabeth Willman…

Mac Brádaigh, Philip (c.1650–c.1719), poet and clergyman, commonly known as ‘Philip Ministir’ or ‘Parson Brady’, was born in Co. Cavan about the middle of the seventeenth century, probably in the district to the west of Cootehill that had previously formed the Cúil…

MacCabe (Mac Cába), Cathaoir (Cahir) (c.1670–c.1740), poet and harpist, was born at Cloghballybeg, parish of Mullagh, Co. Cavan; details of his parents are unknown. He acquired in youth some knowledge of Greek and Latin, an erudite literacy in the Gaelic verse…

Mac Domhnaill, Aodh (McDonnell, Hugh) (1802–67), writer and folklore collector, was born at Drumgill, near Drumcondra, Co. Meath. His father was named Séamas Mac Domhnaill but nothing else is known of his immediate family. In 1827 he married Bridget Roe of Ardee, Co. Louth, and they had…

MacManus (McManus), Henry (c.1819–1864), presbyterian minister, was born in Virginia, Co. Cavan. Nothing is known of his family background, though he was probably not related to Henry MacManus (qv) (d. 1878). He was educated…

McKenna, Andrew Joseph (1833–72), newspaper editor, was born 1 November 1833 in Co. Cavan, third son of Joseph McKenna (occupation unknown) and Esther McKenna (née Young). He was educated at Kilmore Academy, Co. Cavan, and St Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he matriculated on…

McKenna, Thomas Patrick ('T. P.') (1929–2011), actor, was born on 7 September 1929 in Mullagh, Co. Cavan, the eldest of ten children of Raphael ('Ralph') McKenna, an auctioneer and merchant, and his wife Mae. After attending Mullagh national school, he boarded at St Patrick's College,…

McQuaid, John Charles (1895–1973), catholic archbishop of Dublin, was born 28 July 1895 in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, second child and only son of Dr Eugene McQuaid and his wife Jane (née Corry), who married in 1893. Jane McQuaid died within a month of her son's birth and her widower…

Nixon, John William (1877–1949), policeman and politician, was born 1 June 1877 in Graddum, Co. Cavan, into a methodist family; other family details are unknown. He joined the RIC in 1899, served in Belfast, Donegal, Antrim, Mayo,…

O'Farrelly, Agnes Winifred (Ní Fhaircheallaigh, Úna; ‘Uan Uladh’) (1874–1951), academic, was born Agnes Farrelly on 7 July 1874 in Raffony, Virginia, Co. Cavan, one of five daughters and three sons of Peter Dominic Farrelly and Ann Farrelly (née Sheridan), a family with a traditional…

O'Gowan, Eric Edward Dorman (Eric Edward Dorman-Smith), (‘Chink’) (1895–1969), soldier, was born Eric Edward Dorman-Smith in Bellamont House, near Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 24 July 1895, eldest of three sons of Edward Dorman-Smith, landowner and magistrate, and his wife Amy (née…

O'Neill, Owen Roe (Ó Néill, Eoghan Rua) (c.1580–1649), soldier, was the son of Art O'Neill, brother of Hugh O'Neill (qv), 2nd earl of Tyrone. Art's father, Matthew…

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O'Reilly, Hugh (Aodh Ó Raghallaigh) (c.1581–1653), catholic archbishop of Armagh, was born ‘in the province of Ulster of one of the chief families of Ireland’ (HMC, Franciscan MSS, 96–7), son of Maolmórdha mac Aodha O'Reilly and his wife Mór. Hugh was descended…

O'Reilly, John Joe (1918–52), footballer, was born 3 August 1918 in the Derries, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, seventh in a family of seven sons and six daughters of John O'Reilly, a farmer, and his wife Sarah Anne (née Reilly). He attended Corliss national school, and got his secondary…

O'Reilly, Michael (c.1690–1758), catholic archbishop of Armagh, son of Conor O'Reilly, was born in Co. Cavan. He was ordained about 1710 and received his theological grounding in Paris. He served as parish priest of Cavan and vicar general of Kilmore from about 1713.…

O'Reilly (Ó Ragallaig), Cathal (c.1195–1256), king of Breifne, eldest son of Annad Ó Ragallaig, king of East Breifne, along with his brother Cú Chonnacht O'Reilly (c.1200–1256), developed their dynasty into a great power in the Cavan–Leitrim region. It is not…

O'Reilly (Ó Raghallaigh), Cú Chonnacht (d. 1367), king of East Breifne, succeeded his brother Risderd O'Reilly (qv) as king on the latter's death (1349). From the outset of his reign, Cú Chonnacht faced a considerable…

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