Individual Details
Daniel Christopher "Dannie" Cavanagh
(11 Dec 1886 - 23 Nov 1973)
Events
| Birth | 11 Dec 1886 | Derryfeacle, Kilglass, Ballintober North, Roscommon |  | ||
| Baptism | 23 Dec 1886 | Kilglass Chapel, Kilglass, Roscommon | | ||
| Education | Druminardly School, Roscommon | | |||
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 | Age shown as 17., Kilglass, Roscommon, Ireland | | ||
| Education | From 1904 | Scrabbagh School, Roscommon | | ||
| Occupation | From Mar 1905 to 30 Jan 1925 | employee of Lord Harlechs Estates as farmer, a coachman, and a stewart - Derrycarn, Leitrim | | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 1911 | (James Cavanagh and Ellen Mcguire) Derryfeade, Kilglass North, Roscommon | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 1914 | was an Irish Volunteer serving in the Kilglass Company of the North Roscommon 3rd Battillion - Rooskey, Roscommon | | ||
| Residence | To 1915 | Derryfeacle, Roscommon | | ||
| Residence | From 1915 to 1973 | Derrymacstur, Roscommon | | ||
| Occupation | From 1915 to 1973 | farmer - Derrymacstur, Roscommon | | ||
| Miscellaneous | was a sportsman, fishing, shooting, rowing and competing in Ploughing competitions | | |||
| Miscellaneous | 8 Mar 1928 | won the Open Class Wheel Plough (class 1) competition - Kilglass Parish, Roscommon | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Jul 1928 | Kilglass Chapel, Rooskey, Roscommon - Mary Keeffe | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1929 | was looking to board children with his wife Mary. The local priest consider them 'the most respectable people in the parish'. | | ||
| Residence (family) | To Dec 1932 | until her death - Derrymacstur, Roscommon - Mary Keeffe | | ||
| Miscellaneous | By 1952 | looking for a 'Home Improvement Grant' at the house - Derrymacstur, | | ||
| Illness | From 1972 to | celebral thrombosis and hypertension | | ||
| Death | 23 Nov 1973 | of congestive cardiac failure - Derrymacstur, Roscommon | | ||
| Death Reported | 27 Nov 1973 | Jim Cavanagh (his son) to the local registrar (date was entered wrong). | | ||
| Burial | Nov 1973 | Kilmore Cemetery, Kilmore, Roscommon | | ||
| Miscellaneous | appears in the article 'Ploughing Match in Kilglass' in "The Parish History of Kilglass Ruskey Slata" | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Keeffe (1897 - 1932) |
| Child | Mary Ann "Mae" Cavanagh (1929 - 2016) |
| Child | James Anthony "Jim" Cavanagh (1930 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | [Son] Cavanagh (1931 - 1931) |
| Child | Christina Philomena "Criss" Cavanagh (1932 - 1996) |
| Father | James Cavanagh (1832 - 1927) |
| Mother | Ellen Mcguire (1844 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Mary Anne "Mollie" Cavanagh (1865 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Jane "Jenny" Cavanagh (1866 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Ellen "Sissie" Cavanagh (1868 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Bridget "Bridgie" Cavanagh (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Cavanagh (1873 - ) |
| Sibling | John ** Cavanagh (1873 - ) |
| Sibling | Patrick Cavanagh (1875 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Michael-Thomas Cavanagh (1879 - 1956) |
| Sibling | James Joseph "Jimmie" Cavanagh (1881 - 1912) |
| Sibling | John Patrick Cavanagh (1885 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Teresa Catherine "Tessie" Cavanagh (1890 - 1977) |
Endnotes
1. Ireland, Department of Health, State Birth Register, Strokestown Roscommon 1887 Vol 3: 299, Daniel Christopher Cavanagh, January 1887–March 1887;General Registrar Office, Dublin.
2. Census . Census Database, National Archives of Ireland.
3. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
4. Notes by Christina Cavanagh to Self. 14 Sep 1955. Relating to Dannie Cavanagh [Birth]. Held by Edan Keenan.
5. Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF), "Baptismal/Birth Records for Ireland," database, The Largest Family Records Database in Ireland (http://www.rootsireland.ie : Viewed 1 June 2009), Daniel Cavanagh Baptism; Kilglass Church Records.
6. Letter from Tessie Pritchard to Dan and Jim Cavanagh, 5/3/1967; held by Mae Beirne . Copy held by Edan Keenan.
7. , SPOSA 2012-01-11A (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Daniel Cavanagh.
8. Oral History. Facts and Stories relating to Education of Dannie Cavanagh - Changing Schools.
9. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
10. Oral History. Fact relating to Dannie Cavanagh a coachman for Lord Harlech.
11. Black Note Book Derrymacstur. 1924/1925. Relating to Lough Bofin Rowing Club, Cavanaghs, Keeffes. Held by Edan Keenan.
12. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
13. Kathleen Hegarty Thorne, They Kept The Flag a Flyin' - The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923 (Eugene, Oregon, USA: Generation Organisation, 2005).
14. MA/MSPC/RO/312 3rd Western Division 3rd Brigade (North Roscommon & South Leitrim) 3rd Battalion. 1 July 1922. Relating to Michael Thomas Cavanagh; Daniel Cavanagh. Held by MilitaryArchives.ie.
15. Census . Census Database, National Archives of Ireland.
16. Letter from John Cavanagh (5156 Calumet Avenue) to Michael Thomas Cavanagh, 13/4/1915; held by Mae Beirne. Copy held by Edan Keenan.
17. Letter from John Cavanagh.
18. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register, (Q/V/P 3/153/283).
19. Des Guckien, Annals of Annaduff (Roscommon, Ireland: Self Published, May 2010), page 37.
20. Note, Criss Cavanagh, no date, Believes got Derrymacstur in 1925.
21. Ireland, Department of Health, Birth Certificate (8 December 1932), Christina Philomena Cavanagh; Edan Keenan.
22. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register, (Q/V/P 3/153/283).
23. Letter from John Cavanagh.
24. Ireland, Department of Health, Birth Certificate (8 December 1932), Christina Philomena Cavanagh; Edan Keenan.
25. Liam Coyle, A Parish History of Kilglass Ruskey Slata (Roscommon, Ireland: Kilglass Gaels (GAA Club), maybe 1994), p.151 [Article 'Ploughing Match in Kilglass'].
26. Oral History. Fact relating to Information on Dannie Cavanagh.
27. Black Note Book Derrymacstur. 1924/1925. Relating to Lough Bofin Rowing Club, Cavanaghs, Keeffes. Held by Edan Keenan.
28. Notebook of Dannie Cavanagh (Cashbook, p1). n/a. Relating to John Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan.
29. Notebook of Dannie Cavanagh (Cashbook). n/a. Relating to Thomas Beirne commissioned to make rowboat. Held by Edan Keenan.
30. Liam Coyle, A Parish History of Kilglass Ruskey Slata (Roscommon, Ireland: Kilglass Gaels (GAA Club), maybe 1994), p.151 [Article 'Ploughing Match in Kilglass'].
31. Ireland, Department of Health, State Marriage Register: 1928 Vol 3 Page 149 Q3;General Registrar Office, Dublin.
32. Oral History. Facts, Opinions relating to Marriage of Dannie and Mary Cavanagh (nee Keeffe).
33. "Ireland Marriages 1845-1958 Transcription," genealogy website, DC Thomson, Find My Past (www.findmypast.com: viewed 2 February 2017), Daniel Cavanagh and Mary Keeffe marriage Jul - Sep 1928.
34. Letter: Malachy Mar Branain PP(Kilglass Church) . 10 November 1929, [copy Original Mae Beirne]. Edan Keenan.
35. Edan Keenan (Oral History, Personal Knowledge).
36. Letter: Roscommon County Council(Roscommon) to Daniel Cavanagh(Derrymacstur). 15 May 1952. Edan Keenan.
37. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register, (Q/V/P 3/153/283).
38. Grave Marker (see Photo).
39. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register, (Q/V/P 3/153/283).
40. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register, (Q/V/P 3/153/283).
41. Oral History. Facts & Story relating to Buriel of Dannie Cavanagh.
42. Liam Coyle, A Parish History of Kilglass Ruskey Slata (Roscommon, Ireland: Kilglass Gaels (GAA Club), maybe 1994), p.151 [Article 'Ploughing Match in Kilglass'].