My great grandparents came from Cootehill to Chicago, married here. Smith and Sullivan. Great grandma Rose’s first attempt was trying to board the Titanic… but it was overbooked! She took the next ship a week or so later and kept that infamous boarding pass with her until almost her 100th birthday.
I know Cootehill, its lovely, the whole area is lovely and I spent some wonderful times during school holidays, cycling around and exploring, I still have family in the area , but its been a long time since my last holiday in Ireland. I'm English, but my granda & all my mother's side were/ are Irish .
We have some beautiful loughs nearby, great fishing... My uncle has done a lot of research regarding the history and family line , O'Reilly ( Ua Raghallaigh ) he tells me our direct ancestors include Giolla losa O'rielly , 1300ad founder of the Franciscan friary. I'd love it to be true ,but so many documents were destroyed during the time of Cromwell ,as well as the friary, the castle, etc . I also remember, vaguely, i was young & cold lol so don't remember much , my granda telling me a story about a stone up a hill nearby saying our ancestors sat and were 'inaugurated 'spelling? as the new cheiftans. I remember my time ,my holiday's at my nana & grandas cottage with great fondness and can't stop myself from smiling ,the cosy sitting room and fire , the wonderful stories he would tell ,.. he told me about his father and grandfather would leave beer and some food at certain places it was for the people who looked after everyone throughout the night. I would give anything to go back just so i could record all the things he told us about. ..ill have to stop otherwise ill go on forever, just typing this is bringing back memories id forgotten. I know its a cliche, but everything was better back then. Im 61, until i left school i spent a lot of school holidays with my grandparents and other family, but less and less the older i got, girls , mbikes cars etc .. Thsnk you for the video, for kicking off memories i hadn't thought about for a long while. Excuse my rambling, I'm sure I've bored the c### out of anyone ( if anyone) read my post . 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Thanks for the Video, with all the lovely lakes more should have been shown of the Fishing in the area, good for the Tourist Trade, l was born in Cootehill, Co Cavan Live in the U. S. Looking forward to more of your Video Tour of Ireland.
The c in anglo celt has an s sound. Terrible drivers and mean people are everywhere. The nicest and most generous people i've met tend to be from small rural places like those in Cavan.
Meath people are incredibly tight and rubbish drivers. I moved to Meath and I know. I was stopped at the traffic lights in Kells, a driver just decided to reverse into my car from their parking space.
I've heard the C in Celtic (the football team) is said with an S sound because British people said that and Irish descendent people take it as a badge of honor like every negative thing the brits have labeled Irish people with.
Is Cabhánach mé. Aye I reckons these days the stingy with money stereotype can be attributed to the county council😆not heard the one about bad drivers however, that's news to me.
My dad's people seem to be mostly from County Cavan and I can trace Brady, Cox, McGovern (Maguaran) and Fitzgeralds back there. I heard you mention two other famous Bradys (Tom and Matthew) but I can't trace either to my Irish kin. Any suggestions on determining how far back I'd have to go to connect all the Bradys? Thanks in advance!
My grandfather and great uncles were transported from this county to the USVI in 1867-wonder what they did? Story is they had debts but he was only 17???
I looked up Cavan and found this video after seeing a video of Kallmekris playing guitar song by a Lisa O'Niell from County Cavan. A few of my friends have names associated with this county. My family is from other areas of Ireland and I knew little about this particular place.
My ancestors were born in cavan in 1677 and cam to america in 1736 i cant figure out what happened in cavan, cootehill that made them leave they were quakers
Well folks I live next door to Cavan Monaghan man myself aw Jesus Cavan people are very tight some say that they are that tight they squeek wen they walk others say never trust a Cavan man have to say they can take some slagging and take it well 👍🏻👍🏻
I'm from Cavan ,half way between Blacklion and Dowra , left there in 1953 .I was back there three years ago , first time in 25 years , very sad place , the countryside is practically deserted ,seems the Goverment has completely neglected rural ,what a shame
@@GeographyWorld No problem, my friend! Love your series, by the way. I’m trying to find where my ancestors’ surname (McMenamin) might have been popular, so I like that part of your videos!
There's probably a lot more people living in cavan now, even since this video was made, the Anglo Celt is pronounced selt, also there is a high number of head cases in the county 😉
@@tkennedy30 Hi, well, no not really. I had to obtain my father's birth certificate, a copy of mine, and a couple of other documents, but once they were submitted, the Irish embassy sent my Passport in less than a fortnight.
My grandfather, John Clarke, son of James and Mary Clarke Clarke was born in Cootehill, Cavan. My great Aunt Margaret Clarke O'Brien remained in the original home she was born in, and died there. It was called the Clarke farm.
Tell me now, for I'm unclear about these complicated matters, would the name Cavan have anything to do with calving? There might be a few farmers about in any Irish county requiring clarification.
