Cavan People

The following is a list of notable people with Cavan connections:

Bishop William Bedell (d.1642) – Church of Ireland bishop of Kilmore; translator of the Old Testament into Irish.

Bishop William Bedell

Eoghan Roe O’Neill – general of the Ulster Army (d. 1649)

Eoghan Roe O’Neill

Francis Sheehy Skeffington – pacifist and suffragist (d. 1916)

Francis Sheehy Skeffington

Colonel Edward James Saunderson – father of modern Unionism

Colonel Edward James Saunderson

Marcus Daly – ‘The copper king of Montana’

Marcus Daly

Colonel Patrick Henry O’Rorke – American Union Army Officer (d.1863)

Patrick Henry O’Rorke

General Philip Sheridan – American Union army general

General Philip ‘Little Phil’ Sheridan

T.P. McKenna – actor

T.P. McKenna

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid – archbishop of Dublin

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid