A collection of essays with a new preface by Raymond Gillespie, which highlights some of the more significant contributions to Cavan history over the last decade.

Table of contents

Introduction: People, Place and Time, by Raymond Gillespie
Perspectives on the Making of the Cavan Landscape, by P.J. Duffy
Cavan: A Medieval Border Area, by Ciaran Parker
The Anglicisation of East Breifne: The O’Reillys and the Emergence of County Cavan, by Bernadette Cunninghan
The Reformation in Kilmore before 1641, by Alan Ford
Faith, Family and Fortune: The Structures of Everyday Life in Early Modern Cavan, by Raymond Gillespie
The Formation of the Modern Catholic Church in the Diocese of Kilmore, 1580 1880, by James Kelly
Poverty and the Famine in County Cavan, by Margaret Crawford
The Emergence and Consolidation of the Home Rule Movement in County Cavan, 1870-86, by Gerard Moran
Cavan in the Era of the Great War, 1914-18, by Eileen Reilly