'Living the Life of Reilly' in Cavan Town
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- We are back down at the wonderful Farnham Estate Radisson Blu Golf and Spa Hotel in Co Cavan for a few days pampering.
In this video we have dropped into Cavan town after which the County takes it' s name. Cavan is a typical Irish market town. It has the narrow streets with all their friendly hustle and bustle.
Cavan (/ˈkævən/; Irish: an Cabhán, meaning "the hollow") is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with Northern Ireland. Cavan was founded by the King of East Breifne, Giolla Íosa Ruadh O’Reilly, sometime during his lordship between 1300 and his death in 1330. During his lordship, a Franciscan friary was established close to the O’Reilly stronghold at Tullymongan and was at the centre of the settlement close to a crossing over the river and to the town’s marketplace. The friary’s location is marked by an eighteenth-century tower in the graveyard at Abbey Street which appears to incorporate remains of the original medieval friary tower. There are about 30,000 people living within a 16 km radius of the town.
Cavan's successful O'Reilly 'clan', gave rise to the well known term 'Living the life of Reilly' for anyone who was doing well financially. Popular Irish ballladeer Percy French lived in Cavan for a number of years.
I learnt from grim experience that there are plenty of ladies shoe shops in Cavan! lol
My grandmother Daisy Reilly is passed on now. Daisy was a very Irish grandmother living in West Virginia. Our family line is from Cavan and King Cathal DB O'Reilly and Cathal Mac Enhain. My family left Ireland about 1607 and came to Virginia/ West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. We are still proud to have Irish Heritage.
Hi AbCC, Great to hear from you all the way from Virginia/West Virginia/ Pennsylvania. We McCleans have Irish relatives all over America. Ireland's greatest export over the ages has been people! lol The Irishness never leaves you. I hope you make it back 'home' for a visit some time. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland.
My fathers mother was
A reilly. Her father, Peter
Reilly was born in ireland..
I never traced where yet.
I heard Brady's came from Cavan also.
I'm from new jersey usa
Hi James. Good to hear from you. Ireland's biggest export has always been its people. It is the same even today. The cost of living in Ireland today is very high and there are few good jobs available, so young people leave. The Reilly surname is strongly associated with Co Cavan. Every other person you talk to is a Reilly!!! I'm not sure about the Brady surname. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland
Love Cavan My Birth Place
My father was born in Co Monaghan so I have a big interest in it, But hey cissie2455 Co Cavan is a great place too.
Thanks for dropping in.
I live in cavan and I am a Reilly
Hi Ceila thanks for dropping by my channel. So many people in Cavan have Reilly for a surname! lol amazing! Best wishes from Belfast
I'm a Riley but my Grandad was from Mayo, even so i bet i have relatives in Cavan.
I live in Chicago and I'm a Reilly, my father was from Bally James Duff.
Thank you very nice too.
Many thanks Bruce. We had a great wee visit to Cavan town that day. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
@TomMcClean I am sure of course too
I guess you drive there across the border and am glad you had a nice time too.
I live in cavan its a nice place but its always raining but nice people hoises and shops
I hear what you are saying Bella. We also get alot of rain and overcast skies in Belfast but when the sun makes an appearance all is well.
We have stayed in Cavan a few times now for long weekends etc It seems a super place. Very community minded, friendly, homely, great scenery and walks and as safe as anywhere in Ireland.
Proud to be from cavan wouldn't change it for the world
Wonderful part of the world Martin. My father came from Ballybay Co Monaghan. Best wishes from Belfast
It is indeed lad I moved to kilkenny in February and I still go to cavan every few weeks I went camping for 3 days out at trinity was great weather
I'm from Dublin but I learn Irish because I'm in 6th class and I know someone from Cavan. I really want to visit it it looks like a nice place
Welcome to my wee channel Rana. Best wishes.
Tom McClean thank u
I would love to visit there someday. My mom's family surname is O'Reilly. (We are from Cuba of all places 😅). We didn't even know it was Irish until we moved to the U.S., and on St Patrick's Day a teacher told me "Happy St Patty's Day O'Reilly!" ☘😆. In Cuba we used to pronounce it the way you'd read it literally in Spanish. I remember nobody could ever spell it right, even though one of the main streets in Old Havana is O'Reilly street. When people in Cuba asked me where was it from, I'd say: I think it's English.🤷🏽♂️😱🤣
Wow Tocororo, Ireland to Cuba to America and you didn't know that O'Reilly/Reilly was an well known Irish name! lol You have come a long way and learnt a lot! Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland
Yeah i love liveing here its so friendly and nice but i hate when there is rain but i dont realy mind but u are right
Great. You take care now. Thanks for dropping in. Best wishes.
My family's roots are here. O'Reilly was my mother's maiden name. I am told that my relatives live on the main street, and they own the house that once served as many homes.
Hi PSGM2,
I'm not at all surprised at thia.
When we stopped in Cavan we were told that 50% of the people living in the town were called O'Reilly! And no I'm not joking! It is a very common surname. You know the old phrase 'Ireland's greatest export was it's children', is actually true. The emigration from these towns and villages over the year was phenomenal. Although the birth rate was high the towns and villages never got any bigger. My father's 2 brothers left home and I had 3 great uncles and an aunt left too -all for America Australia or N. Zealand.
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Hi Alisha, Great to hear from you from so far away in Russia. I am 66 and I am a retired teacher. I live in Belfast Northern Ireland. My CZcams channel is Tom Mcclean Positive Belfast. Best wishes
@@TomMcClean Вау спасибо большое что ответили thank you so much for the response 💕💕💕💕💕😭😭😭💕💕
hello Alisha! from jane in Iowa, U.S.
Tryin to dig into Ancestry.
Line comes from Killeshandra, Tullyhunco. 180 years ago like, so a lot would have changed😄
It's a fascinating subject TM. Old graveyards old church records and any old census data are always helpful plus getting hold of any local historian might be a good idea. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
My name is Riley from
O'Reilly and before that it was spelled another way, Ó Raghallaigh . My Grandad was from Mayo. I would love to come to Cavan i would fit right in. Does anybody want a lodger and I'm not even joking.
'Does anyone want a lodger!' lol
Brilliant post Angela! I love it!
I didn't know about the other spelling!
Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh Hills.
Reilly, Brady, Sheridan and Smith.
Thanks for that main family information Gudlisner. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
My from Cavan
Great place to live Chloe. We enjoyed our visit! Best wishes from Belfast.
If you had a dispute in the Brother school as a kid you would sort it out after school in the abbey end of story Town off my birthplace a little piece of something magical in my school days I will always remember just home in London a long time now
Hi John,
Thanks for that wee recollection. That was the way things were done back then and do you know it often worked. I had a few schoolboy tustles with other lads too. An organised fight often took the heat out of the situation and you learned a bit of respect for each other. Best wishes from Belfast
It was usually at the back of the magnet cinema or down by the side of the bus office when i was at the brothers.
Old memories come flooding back Martin. Best wishes from Belfast
@@TomMcClean i remember one of the brothers telling us that violence never solved anything............10 minutes later he's cutting the hands of us with a bamboo cane. Best wishes to you and yours from London.
Oh dear the usual do as I say not as i do stuff! Many of these teachers should never have been allowed to enter the front door of any school. Best wishes
from cavan ere
Hey Shea, Thanks for dropping by. Cavan is a great place to live. We have visited quite a few times now.
My Uncle Seymour Crawford came from here, he ended up being the agriculture minister, a goiod man by all accounts, some of you may know him?
Wow that is a strong family connection James. I'm afraid we were only passing through Cavan. Ia lot of locals would have known your uncle though. My dad was from Monaghan. Best wishes from Belfast.
My dad was born in cavan 1943, never spoke of his family just said he was an orphan , i want to research the family tree but no idea where to start i tried online and didnt find much, if i went to dublin with his birth certificate will the people in records office help me? X
Hi Samantha,
First thing do not pay out any money for a search online which you can do yourself! Second Do you have an actual address for your father and his family? This would be very good. His parents and grandparents likely were born in Cavan in that house too. so it will be registered to them. I found my dad this way.
Go to GRONI online.
www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/go-groni-online
Go to the free searches. Your fathers family WILL be here somewhere. But his parents need to be born before 1921when Northern Ireland came into being.
Alternatively your grandparents records will have been kept in the church they attended in Cavan in the register of deaths births and marriages! You need your dad's full name and date of birth and you need to know his family church. Churches are very very good at keeping records. Best wishes from Belfast Northern Ireland
ps This has only been a short reply. Get as much info from elderly relatives as you can too.
@@TomMcClean thanks x sadly my dad passed away many yrs ago and all i have is a photocopy of his birth certificate , never met any of his family no olders left to talk to 😟 thanks for the link will try this xxx
Oh dear there isn't a lot to go on there Samantha. You have no address in Cavan or anything. Was your father a Catholic or Protestant? This is important for going to the right church to look up baptismal records if you ever come over to personally check. What church were your folks married in? are there any old named wedding photos with his families photo in them? Cavan is still a small insular town where everyone still knows everyone else so you might be lucky if you come over. The local Cavan library is very good. Unfortunately you are likely to find that there are stacks of people living there with your dad's surname! I'm not sure what else to say. Best wishes As U2 sang I hope you find what you are looking for.
@@TomMcClean thanks Tom i literally only have his birth certifucate .. parents names were listed on my mum and dads marriage certifucate but listed as deceased... dad was always very secretive about his roots, he didnt really go to church, just used to say he was an orphan and had a aunt over there , but never bought my mum to meet her before my sister and i were born.. i Used the link u sent and cant find anything the birth certificate also looks like its been overwritten, maybe i should order a new certificate the number is clear . 🙃😟😕 thanks anyway for your suggestions x
Yes this would be a good idea to order a new one. I'm afraid it looks like your dad has deliberately buried hs past.
My great grandfather from cavan
And my grandfather and father came from Monaghan next door. Great counties and town too in Cavan.
My Grandad wss from Mayo but we still could be related.
Hello do u know what cavan is like beacause i whant to visit it but i wont go hif it is not nice
Sarah Quinn depressing stay away
@@guesswho7664 that's a Ray of sunshine you're spreadin 😂
is this town divers? what is it like for people of colour in this town? are there any as in or black or mixed race people there? ruffly how many of each??? its hard to find mixed cultured areas. any help would be greatly appriciated
Hi Mrs F I'm sorry but i cannot give you any proper answer to your questions about Cavan as I do not live there. I can tellyou that Dublin just a few miles to the south of Cavan is very diverse in population make up. I expects Cavan is marginally less so although I saw lots of coloured folk walking about the streets. Ireland as a whole is becoming more mixed culture/race all the time. Mamy of the doctors nurses and restaurant folk would be of mixed race.
Ye i live in Cavan town there loads of Africans and all others here from diffrent countries
Are most of the people here really called Riley ?
I am lead to believe that a large number of Co Cavan people would have Riley family connections dating back for generations. Their surnames might have changed now though due to marriage. Best wishes from Belfast.
Hi, Steven. I'm a Riley too.😃👋👋👋👋
Me to
Thanks for that Catrina. Best wishes from Belfast.
When u live in Cavan and ur last name is Reilly :)
Yes I was told this by some of the people we met Ajala! lol Best wishes from Belfast's Castlereagh Hills.
Ok thx ill subbcrieb to u bye✋✋
Lol I’m cavanish 😂😂
Hi Lauren You are very welcome to my wee channel. My dad was born in Co Monaghan. Best wishes from Belfast.