Mullahoran Explained

Mullahoran
Settlement Type:	Townland
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Ulster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	County Cavan
Subdivision Type3:	Barony
Subdivision Name3:	Clanmahon
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset1:	+0
Timezone1 Dst:	IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:	-1
Coordinates:	53.8333°N -33°W
Blank Name:	Irish Grid Reference

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]}

Built environment

Our 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

Mullahoran 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

• Paul Brady, handball and Gaelic football player.
• Sean McGuire - fiddler
• Assistant Commissioner Noel Smith (retired), formerly a senior-ranking officer in An 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

• Kilcogy
• Mullinalaghta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catholic Parish Registers - Diocese of Ardagh, County of Cavan . National Library of Ireland . 21 July 2020.
2. Web site: Cavan Roman Catholic records . johngrenham.com . 21 July 2020.
3. Web site: Mullaghoran . logainm.ie . 21 July 2020.
4. Web site: Cavan civil parishes . johngrenham.com . 21 July 2020.
5. Web site: Mullaghoran Townland, Co. Cavan . townlands.ie . 21 July 2020.
6. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church - Reg. No. 40403710 . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . 21 July 2020.
7. Web site: Dictionary of Irish Architects . 2024-08-15 . www.dia.ie.
8. Web site: Parish-District History . mullahorangaa.ie . 21 July 2020.
9. '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
10. 'Garda didn't know calls were being recorded' (Irish Examiner, 6 February 2015). https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20311000.html
11. 'Cavan's old boy in blue' (Hogan Stand, 28 February 2004). https://www.hoganstand.com/county/cavan/article/index/62323
12. Townlands.ie: Cloncovet Townland, Co. Cavan (local spelling is Cloncovid). https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/clanmahon/drumlumman/kilcogy/cloncovet/