GENUKI: Urney Parish, Cavan

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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

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

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

Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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

Ask for a calculation of the distance from Urney Parish to another place.

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,

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

Maps

Parish Map

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Bing (was Multimap)
Copy Urney Parish and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland.
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Memorial Inscriptions

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

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

Poor Houses, Poor Law

Cavan Poor Law Union and Workhouse