Mullagh, County Cavan
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Mullagh is a village (and a parish) in County Cavan
province of Ulster
, Ireland
. It had a population of 679 in 2006. It lies in the south-east of the county, at the junction of the R191 and the R194
regional road
s near the town of Virginia, County Cavan
and the border with Kells, County Meath
and the village of Moynalty
.
It contains a heritage centre dedicated to St Kilian, who was born in Mullagh c 640 and was martyred in Würzburg
, Germany in circa 689
. The centre also has an exhibition related to ogham
script and the development of illuminated manuscript
s.
The Roman Catholic Church
, located 400m from the village on the Virginia Road (R194), is named in memory of its patron Saint Kilian. Ruins of an earlier church "Teampeall Ceallaigh" remain in what is now part of the Church of Ireland grounds located further along the same road, approx 600m.
The village is situated approximately 2 kilometers from the border with County Meath and Leinster
which is marked by the River Borora which flows into the Owenroe River
at Mullagh bridge.
The environs of the village have witnessed substantial housing and industrial development in recent years. Mullagh's proximity to the new M3 motorway has had the effect of bringing Mullagh and south County Cavan within commuting distance from Dublin and larger towns in Leinster.
Road which includes a full size GAA pitch (open to all sports) and a 440 metre track around its perimeter. In the winter, the track is lit each night from 7.30 to 10pm or so to facilitate walking and running.
Local community organisations include a vibrant men's and ladies GAA club, Cúchulainns GFC, soccer is played with Castle Villa, the club based in neighbouring Meath Village, Moynalty (5 kilometers away), Community Games (athletics club), a Drama Society and a Golf Society. Separate committees are currently working on the further development of the Edwin Carolan
Community Park to provide a large indoor sports centre and also on the provision of housing for the elderly.
Lakeview Gardens overlooking the Mullagh lake, just off the Virginia road is open to the public, check website for details (http://wwww.lakeviewgardens.net).
wrote parts of Gulliver's Travels
and The Tale Of The Tub whilst staying at the country home of his cleric friend Thomas Sheridan at Quilca House, which is close to the historic Mullagh village. Other notable descendants from the (Quilca) Sheridan family are the 18th century playwright Thomas Sheridan and notable writer Richard Brinsley Sheridan
.
The original historic village of Mullagh was situated over a kilometer north-west of the present village close to Mullagh lake off the Virginia Road, but there no longer remain any distinguishing features.
(All Creatures Great and Small, Inspector Morse
) and film, TV and stage actor Brían F. O'Byrne
(Frozen
, Intermission
, Brooklyn's Finest
, Million Dollar Baby
, FlashForward
) both hail from Mullagh.
County Cavan
County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...
province of Ulster
Ulster
Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. It had a population of 679 in 2006. It lies in the south-east of the county, at the junction of the R191 and the R194
R194 road
The R194 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Longford in County Longford to Virginia in County Cavan to Moynalty in County Meath.The road is long.-References:* – Department of Transport...
regional road
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
s near the town of Virginia, County Cavan
Virginia, County Cavan
Virginia is a small town of 3,939 inhabitants in County Cavan, Ireland. It was founded at Aghanure during the Plantation of Ulster and was named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth I of England....
and the border with Kells, County Meath
Kells, County Meath
Kells is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, from Navan and from Dublin. In recent years Kells has grown greatly with many Dublin commuters moving to the town....
and the village of Moynalty
Moynalty
Moynalty is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R194 and R164 regional roads north of Kells, near the border with County Cavan. It was part of the Kells Poor Law Union...
.
It contains a heritage centre dedicated to St Kilian, who was born in Mullagh c 640 and was martyred in Würzburg
Würzburg
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
, Germany in circa 689
689
Year 689 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 689 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Battle of Coronate: The army of Cunincpert,...
. The centre also has an exhibition related to ogham
Ogham
Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language, and occasionally the Brythonic language. Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a High Medieval Bríatharogam tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters.There are roughly...
script and the development of illuminated manuscript
Illuminated manuscript
An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations...
s.
The Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, located 400m from the village on the Virginia Road (R194), is named in memory of its patron Saint Kilian. Ruins of an earlier church "Teampeall Ceallaigh" remain in what is now part of the Church of Ireland grounds located further along the same road, approx 600m.
The village is situated approximately 2 kilometers from the border with County Meath and Leinster
Leinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...
which is marked by the River Borora which flows into the Owenroe River
River Owenroe
The Owenroe River or Moynalty River rises from Mullagh Lough in County Cavan and flows southeast through Mullagh and Moynalty before joining the River Boyne east of Kells. The Boyne discharges into the Irish Sea at Drogheda....
at Mullagh bridge.
The environs of the village have witnessed substantial housing and industrial development in recent years. Mullagh's proximity to the new M3 motorway has had the effect of bringing Mullagh and south County Cavan within commuting distance from Dublin and larger towns in Leinster.
Amenities
Amenities locally include Mullagh Lake (2 kilometers outside the village on the Virginia Road), Tennis Court and People's Park on Mullagh Fair Green, the St. Kilian's Heritage Center as mentioned above and the Edwin Carolan Memorial Park located on the MoynaltyMoynalty
Moynalty is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R194 and R164 regional roads north of Kells, near the border with County Cavan. It was part of the Kells Poor Law Union...
Road which includes a full size GAA pitch (open to all sports) and a 440 metre track around its perimeter. In the winter, the track is lit each night from 7.30 to 10pm or so to facilitate walking and running.
Local community organisations include a vibrant men's and ladies GAA club, Cúchulainns GFC, soccer is played with Castle Villa, the club based in neighbouring Meath Village, Moynalty (5 kilometers away), Community Games (athletics club), a Drama Society and a Golf Society. Separate committees are currently working on the further development of the Edwin Carolan
Edwin Carolan
Edwin Carolan is a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.-Playing career:A native of Mullagh. He was a member of the great Cavan squad which won the All-Ireland Final in the Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He won a second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal the following year...
Community Park to provide a large indoor sports centre and also on the provision of housing for the elderly.
Lakeview Gardens overlooking the Mullagh lake, just off the Virginia road is open to the public, check website for details (http://wwww.lakeviewgardens.net).
Historic associations
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...
wrote parts of Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...
and The Tale Of The Tub whilst staying at the country home of his cleric friend Thomas Sheridan at Quilca House, which is close to the historic Mullagh village. Other notable descendants from the (Quilca) Sheridan family are the 18th century playwright Thomas Sheridan and notable writer Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester...
.
The original historic village of Mullagh was situated over a kilometer north-west of the present village close to Mullagh lake off the Virginia Road, but there no longer remain any distinguishing features.
People
Well known TV actor T. P. McKennaT. P. McKenna
Thomas Patrick McKenna , known professionally as T. P. McKenna, was an Irish actor who worked on stage, in film and television in Ireland and the UK from the 1950s.- Film and television :...
(All Creatures Great and Small, Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
) and film, TV and stage actor Brían F. O'Byrne
Brían F. O'Byrne
Brían Francis O'Byrne is an Irish actor who works mostly in the United States. He was born in Mullagh, County Cavan.O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane as Pato Dooley and The Lonesome West...
(Frozen
Frozen (play)
Frozen is a play by Bryony Lavery that tells the story of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, Rhona. The play follows Rhona's mother and killer over the years that follow. They are linked by a doctor who is studying what causes men to commit such crimes...
, Intermission
Intermission (film)
Intermission is a 2003 Irish comedy crime film directed by John Crowley which tells a story of a young couple and people surrounding them. The film is set in Dublin, Ireland and is filmed in a TV drama style with several storylines crossing over one another during the course of the film.Mark O'Rowe...
, Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest is a 2009 American crime film starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes in his first theatrical film since 2004's Blade: Trinity. The film also stars Will Patton, Ellen Barkin and Vincent D'Onofrio. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by Michael...
, Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman...
, FlashForward
Flashforward
A flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
) both hail from Mullagh.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland