Cavan Calling, the global homecoming festival for the Cavan Diaspora, will take place from 26th to 30th July 2023 here in County Cavan, with the global Cavan family coming together for a four-day celebration of the county, its people, culture, heritage, landscape, sport, and the achievements of its Diaspora.
Cavan people living at home and overseas, those with Cavan ancestry, and those with an affinity for the Breifne County, are invited to answer Cavan’s call and join in the celebrations.
As part of this celebration, Cavan Genealogy and the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh, are running in the Johnston Central Library, Cavan, on 26-27 July, a two-day conference entitled ‘In anxious expectation’, which deals with migration and the search for the elusive ancestor. Speakers include Dr William Roulston (Ulster Historical Foundation), Mary Sullivan and Concepta McGovern (Cavan Genealogy), Dr Patrick Fitzgerald (Mellon Centre), Lábhras Ó Murchú (Irish Family History Foundation/Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann), Dr Brendan Scott (Irish Family History Foundation), and more. For more details, contact Cavan Genealogy at concepta@cavangenealogy.ie or mary@cavangenealogy.ie.