Collections
The County Council minutes
Cavan County Council held their first meeting on 22 April 1899 ...
The Grand Jury
The County Grand Jury once possessed functions of a fiscal as well as of a judicial nature ...
The Belturbet Corporation
In 1610, certain conditions were proposed by the lords of the council in England to Sir Stephen Butler, Belturbet, for establishing a market ...
The National Schools
Information includes names of pupils, their ages in years and months, religious denomination, and attendance information ...
The Agriculture Committee
The earliest extant minutes of meetings of the Agriculture Committee date from 1912 ...
The Poor Law Unions
In terms of usefulness for genealogical research, these minute books do contain some interesting information ...
The Rural District Councils
Rural District Councils did not remain in existence for very long ...
The Cavan Town Commissioners
Cavan Town was governed by the Cavan Town Commissioners during the period 1855-1900. A small amount of archives survive ...
County Cavan Infirmary
Located on Church Street, the County Infirmary was founded in the period 1760-1761. The Sisters of Mercy later took charge of the establishment in 1913.
The Board of Health
Boards of Health and Public Assistance were established under the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 ...
The Co-operatives
This collection contains random original and copy documents relating to several Co-operative Societies in County Cavan ...
Miscellaneous Estate Records
Miscellaneous recods may survive for various Cavan Estates. For example, Cloverhill House was owned by the Sanderson Family until around 1917 and it then passed on to the Purdon family who were cousins of the Sandersons.
The Drainage Committee
Concerning 'proprietors or any persons interested in any lands liable to be flooded or injured by water ...' The Drainage Acts of Ireland (1846)
The County Council Rates
Prior to the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, the principal local taxes were the county cess, the poor rate and various rates paid in towns including water and improvement rates ...
The Private Collections
Cavan County Archives Service holds various collections acquired from private sources, including the Farnham Estate Archives ...