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29th June 2024Name ChangeWe are back!! Now with a new domain address: CAVANTOWNLANDS.IE
We are no longer available under the CAVANTOWNLANDS.COM domain and apologies for taking so long to get set up on our new domain which was due to problems outside of our control. If you come across any errors or issues please let us know.
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30th August 2023SurnamesCheck out the top 20 Cavan surnames of 1901 and 1911 and read more about the history of the top seven namesClick here
15th July 2023GuideThis guide to the 17th century surveys of Cavan references all of the main surveys which covered county Cavan during this period and points the reader to the source of these documents.Click here
28th June 2023NewsCavan Calling, the global homecoming festival for the Cavan Diaspora, will take place from 26th to 30th July 2023 here in County Cavan, with the global Cavan family coming together for a four-day celebration of the county, its people, culture, heritage, landscape, sport, and the achievements of its Diaspora.Click here
2nd June 2022LibraryHistory, Stories & Songs as recorded by Master O’ Brien, Larah (County Cavan) NS. 1937-1939 by Billy SaundersonClick here
16th May 2022Civil RecordsNew video guide to using our Name Search facilityClick here
26th April 2022On-line talk‘The destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922 and the surviving census and census substitute records of county Cavan 1821-1911 on Cavantownlands.com’Click here
19th April 20221821 CensusCastlerahan Parish. An edited transcription of the 1821 Census by James L. Brady (2007)Click here
12th April 2022Civil RecordsNew global search facility of all our 345,000 census and census-substitute records 1821-1911 Click here
12th April 20221821 CensusLurgan Parish. An edited transcription of the 1821 Census by James L. Brady (2008)Click here
12th April 20221821 CensusLavey Parish. Notes on the 1821 Census by Rev. Terence P. Cunningham. First published in Breifne Journal 1960Click here
12th April 20221821 CensusDrumloman (Drumlumman) Parish. Notes on the 1821 Census by John P. Wilson. First published in Breifne Journal 1963Click here
12th April 20221821 CensusMunterconnaught Parish. Notes on the 1821 Census by Declan Cooney. First published in Breifne Journal 1998Click here
20th March 2022Civil Records1901 and 1911 Census records added to each townland homepage. This means you can now view all the available census and census-substitute records on our 1821-1911 database in one location
21st February 20221911 Census1911 Census records now added to our database and re-indexed to townlands and parishes. This brings the number of individual records of Census and Census-substitute records 1821-1911 now available to search on this website to 345,000.Click here
18th February 20221901 Census1901 Census records now added to our database and re-indexed to townlands and parishesClick here
7th January 2022NoticeIMPORTANT NOTICE We have updated the Census 1821 records with some new improvements.Click here
6th December 2021Towns of CavanTowns of Cavan – Earliest census records. Each town now has its own homepage and we have included the 1821 census records (where available), Tithe Applotment Book records c. 1832, 1841 census records (where available) and Griffith’s valuation 1857. The 1901 and 1911 census records were added on 20th March.Click here