Copyright © Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne, Cavan.  2009

 

 

The BREIFNE JOURNAL 2011

was published recently.

 

It is distributed to members of the society and

it is also available to new members who join the Society.

 

Contents

 

Cultural continuity and site use: excavations at Gortlaunaght, Swanlinbar, Co Cavan.

(Robert M Chapple)

 

The Old Portal and Cathedral of Kilmore.

(Rachel Moss)

 

Patrick O’Healy, OFM, and Conn O’Rourke, OFM, two Irish martyrs.  (Benignus Millett OFM)

 

Charlotte Brooke, her political and literary connections and the genesis of Reliques of Irish Poetry 1789.

(Lesa Ní Mhunghaile)

 

The parish of Denn in the early 1800s.

(Liam Kelly)

 

Gen Phil Sheridan and the American Civil War.

(Pat Murphy)

 

The Protestant experience of revolution in Co Leitrim, 1911 – 1928.  (Miriam Moffitt)

 

Corrawallen: Local History in a Small Townland.

(Martin McCabe)

 

Footballing Brothers in Opposition.  (Richard Morgan)

 

Guide to the Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal 1920 – 1933.  (Jonathan A Smyth)

 

Butlersbridge Irish Constabulary Barracks’ Day Book 1851 – 1854.

(PJ Dunne)

 

Further Records from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore.

(Susan Hood)

 

A new book of photographs from the Farnham Estate, Cavan, has just been published by Wordwell Books.

 

FARNHAM

Images from

The Maxwell Estate, Co Cavan

 

 

Edited by Brendan Scott, the images form part of the collection of Farnham material held by Cavan County Museum.

 

The book is available for purchase at

Crannog Bookshop

Cavan

 

and other good bookshops nationwide.

 

New Book

The Late Séamus Ó Doláin

The death occurred on 10 August 2010 of our president,

Séamus  Ó Doláin.

Séamus had a strong interest in the history, traditions and language of his native county. He was a long time member of Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne, having joined just a few months after the society's foundation it 1956. Séamus, who was aged 95 when he died, was an active member of the society and continued to be a regular attendee of the society's lectures and events up until his death.
A proud Cavan man, Seamus will be missed.
 

Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

New Co-Presidents Elected at AGM

Bridie Fay Kennedy (Co-President), Margaret O'Reilly (Outgoing Chairperson)
and Fr Kilian Mitchell (Co-President)