Mullahoran (Irish: Mhullach Odhráin – Hilltop of Odhrán) is a townland in the south-west of County Cavan, bordering County Longford, on the northern edge of the Midlands in Ireland. It is also the name of a Roman Catholic parish.[1][2][3] It is a constituent part of the electoral division and civil parish of Drumlumman.[4][5]
Mullahoran
Mhullach Odhráin | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
  Mullahoran Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°50′N 7°26′W / 53.833°N 7.433°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Cavan |
| Barony | Clanmahon |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Built environment
editOur Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church is located in the area. The church was built for parish priest Thomas O'Reilly in an unusual Romanesque style between 1911-14 by local builder W.A. Coote and was designed by Dublin architect Thomas McNamara.[6][7]
Sport
editMullahoran GAA club and grounds (Our Lady of Lourdes Park) are located in the area; the majority of the club's members hail from the local rural area, although some come from townlands slightly further afield.[8]
Notable people
edit- Paul Brady, handball and Gaelic football player.
- Sean McGuire - fiddler
- Assistant Commissioner Noel Smith (retired), formerly a senior-ranking officer in the Garda Síochána; raised in the townland of Cloncovid, and later educated at St Mel's College in Longford. As a Chief Superintendent in County Cork at the time, he was initially in overall charge of the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation in West Cork, being in overall charge between December 1996 and June 1997.[9][10][11][12]
- John Wilson, former Tánaiste.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Catholic Parish Registers - Diocese of Ardagh, County of Cavan". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Cavan Roman Catholic records". johngrenham.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Mullaghoran". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Cavan civil parishes". johngrenham.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Mullaghoran Townland, Co. Cavan". townlands.ie. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church - Reg. No. 40403710". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Parish-District History". mullahorangaa.ie. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ 'Retired assistant commissioner claims he was not aware of gardai pressuring DPP to charge Bailey' (Newstalk, 5 February 2015). https://www.newstalk.com/news/retired-assistant-commissioner-claims-he-was-not-aware-of-gardai-pressuring-dpp-to-charge-bailey-671584
- ^ 'Garda didn't know calls were being recorded' (Irish Examiner, 6 February 2015). https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20311000.html
- ^ 'Cavan's old boy in blue' (Hogan Stand, 28 February 2004). https://www.hoganstand.com/county/cavan/article/index/62323
- ^ Townlands.ie: Cloncovet Townland, Co. Cavan (local spelling is Cloncovid). https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/clanmahon/drumlumman/kilcogy/cloncovet/