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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Cavan

Finn McCools Fingers, Shantemon, County Cavan by Agsmaoineamh1
Finn McCools Fingers, Shantemon, County Cavan, © 2015, Agsmaoineamh1
COUNTY CAVAN

Irish Name: An Cabhán
Motto: Feardhacht is Fírinne (Manliness and Truth)
County Town: Cavan
Province: Ulster
Region: Border

Tartan: The County Cavan tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in green, red, and brown, with black and tan accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Cavan Tartan

County Cavan Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brady, Clarke, Dolan, Donohoe, Farrelly, Fitzpatrick, Galligan, Lynch, MacCabe, MacGovern, Maguire, Martin, McMahon, Reilly, Sheridan, Smith

(Irish Emigrants):
Brady, Campbell, Leddy, Lynch, McGovern, O'Reilly, Riley, Smith

Next page: County Clare

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Cavan tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Finn McCools Fingers, Shantemon, County Cavan, 2015, Agsmaoineamh1, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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