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Urney Parish

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"Urney, a parish, partly in the barony of Upper, but chiefly in that of Lower Loughtee, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster; containing, with the town of Cavan, 6050 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Dublin to Enniskillen, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 7934 statute acres, of which 1055 are water, and of these, 530½ are in Lough Oughter: the land is of various qualities, and most of it in a profitable state of cultivation."
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

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Cemeteries

Anglican
CAVAN, Church St, Church of Ireland
Derryheen, Urney, Church of Ireland
Roman Catholic
Cavan Union Workhouse, Urney, Roman Catholic
St Patrick and St Felim, CAVAN, Urney, Roman Catholic
Other
CAVAN, Abbey Land, Mixed Denomination
Ruins, Urney, Unknown Denomination
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Census

  • Masterson, J. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland), Genealogical Publishing Co., MD, 1999, p. 93
    • 1851 Census, Rivory
      • John THOMPSON head m. 1845, Mary Ann wife, Robert 5 son, William 2 son
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Churches

Anglican
CAVAN, Church St, Church of Ireland
Derryheen, Urney, Church of Ireland
Methodist
CAVAN Wesley St, Urney, Methodist
CAVAN, Farnham St, Methodist
Presbyterian / Unitarian
CAVAN, 15 Farnham St, Secession Presbyterian
Roman Catholic
Cavan Union Workhouse, Urney, Roman Catholic
St Clare, CAVAN Main St, Roman Catholic
St Patrick and St Felim, CAVAN, Urney, Roman Catholic
Other
CAVAN, Abbey Land, Mixed Denomination
Ruins, Urney, Unknown Denomination
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

Ceallaigh, Ó. L. "Townland Names in the Parish of Urney and Annagelliff", Heart of Breifne, 1987, pp. 61-84.

The townland of Urney and the town of CAVAN are both in the parish of Urney

The civil parish of Urney Parish contained the townlands of:
Abbey Land, Aghnaskerry, Bun, Burgessacre, Coolboyoge, Coras Point, Corracreeny, Creighan, Derdis Lower, Derdis Upper, Derrycramph, Derrygid, Derrygoss, Derryheen, Derryleague, Derrylinn, Drumalee, Drumavanagh, Drumbar, Drumconnick, Drumelis, Drumgola, Drumlaunaght, Drummonum, Drummullig, Edermin, Farnham, Gartnasillagh, Inishmore, Inishmuck, Keadew / Keadue / Kidue, Kilnavara, Kinnypottle, Lisdaran, Lurganboy, Paddock, Putiaghan Lower, Putiaghan Upper, Rahultan, Rivory, Rosscolgan, Swellan Lower, Swellan Upper, Townparks, Tullymongan Lower, Tullymongan Upper,
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Land & Property

  • Auction Poater. Sale of a Valuable Residential Farm of Land. I have been favoured with instructions from Mr. Thomas Whelan to sell by Public Auction on the lands on monday, 3rd december, 1906 ... Derryheen
    National Library of Ireland
  • The Annesley Papers
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H3918408932 (Lat/Lon: 54.028197, -7.402814), Urney Parish which are provided by:

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Memorial Inscriptions

  • "Cemetery Inscriptions in Cavan Parish - Urney" Brefine, v. 6, No. 24, 1986, p. 408-417
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Military Records

  • 1630 Muster Roll: Barony of Loughtee
  • Snodaigh, P.O. The Irish Volunteers, A List of the Units, Cambridge University Press, 1995
    • Farnham Rangers - 1783
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Poor Houses, Poor Law