Individual Details
Michael-Thomas Cavanagh
(7 Feb 1879 - 16 Jan 1956)
Events
| Birth | 7 Feb 1879 | Derryfeacle, Kilglass, Ballintober North, Roscommon |  | ||
| Baptism | 17 Feb 1879 | Kilglass Parish, Roscommon | | ||
| Census | 1901 | Rooskey, Roscommon | | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 1911 | (James Cavanagh and Ellen Mcguire) Derryfeade, Kilglass North, Roscommon | | ||
| Marriage-shared | 26 Jun 1911 | (Daniel Cavanagh and Ellen "Ellie" Toohil) Bornacoola Catholic Church, Bornacooloa, Rosommon | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 1914 | was a Irish Volunteer serving in the Kilglass Company of the North Roscommon 3rd Battilion | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 1914 | was a Sinn Fein activist and organiser | | ||
| Marriage | 1 Mar 1916 | Mohill, Leitrim - Catherine "Kate" Clyne | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Bet 1917 and 1923 | was a member of the Irish Volunteers G Company 3rd Battallion, North Roscommon Brigade | | ||
| Occupation | From 1920 to 11 Jul 1921 | Judge (Justice) for Dail Eireann - Kilglass Parish and District Court (appointed by Kilglass Company) - Roscommon | | ||
| Education | until completion - Druminardly School | | |||
| Miscellaneous | 22 Aug 1922 | was arrested by pro-treaty forces - Roscommon | | ||
| Miscellaneous | many references to him being sickly when younger, and molly coddled by his mother | | |||
| Occupation | farmer all his life in Derryfeacle and Derrymacstur | | |||
| Miscellaneous | 29 Jun 1935 | made an initial application for a Military Service pension | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 15 Sep 1952 | was awarded the Services (1917-1922) Medal | | ||
| Residence (family) | upto 1950s | Derryfeacle, Kilglass, Ballintober North, Roscommon - Catherine "Kate" Clyne | | ||
| Illness | a stroke | | |||
| Residence | with his brother Dannie, - Derrymacstur, Roscommon | | |||
| Miscellaneous | Oct 1954 | took a case against his nephew Owen Mahon about his house - Roscommon Circuit Court, Roscommon | | ||
| Death | 16 Jan 1956 | Derrymacstur, Roscommon | | ||
| Burial | Jan 1956 | Kilmore Cemetery, Kilmore, Roscommon | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine "Kate" Clyne (1877 - 1941) |
| 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 | James Joseph "Jimmie" Cavanagh (1881 - 1912) |
| Sibling | John Patrick Cavanagh (1885 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Daniel Christopher "Dannie" Cavanagh (1886 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Teresa Catherine "Tessie" Cavanagh (1890 - 1977) |
Endnotes
1. Ireland, Department of Health, State Birth Register;General Registrar Office, Dublin.
2. Ancestry / FamilySearch, "Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms Extracts," database, (: Viewed 15 August 2010), Michael-Thomas Cavanagh Birth.
3. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
4. Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
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), Michael Cavanagh; Kilglass Church Records.
6. Census . Census Database, National Archives of Ireland.
7. Leitrim-Roscommon.Com Bulletin Boards. . on . Relevant replies by .
8. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
9. Wedding Dan Cavanagh & Eileen Toohil, Leitrim Observer, Leitrim, Ireland, 22 July 1907, p.3. Best Man was Michael Thomas Cavanagh.
10. Marriage of Dan Cavanagh and Ellen Toohill, The Advocate, New York, USA, 5 August 1911, Page 4, column 1.
11. Obituary: Michael-Thomas Cavanagh article, Obituary - Michael Thomas Cavanagh.
12. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
13. 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.
14. MA/MSPC/RO/289 North Roscommon Brigade 3rd Battalion. 11 July 1921. Relating to Michael Thomas Kavanagh p45. Held by MilitaryArchives.ie.
15. Kathleen Hegarty Thorne, They Kept The Flag a Flyin' - The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923 (Eugene, Oregon, USA: Generation Organisation, 2005), Page 16.
16. Compiled by Monica Paton, "Some Notes & Extracts from the Roscommon Herald: 1919 / 1920," webpage, Liam Byrne, Roscommon Historical Research (http://www.roscommonhistory.ie/People/mgaughan/extracts/herald1919.htm: Viewed 21 November 2010), Sinn Fein Club & MT Kavanagh ; citing Roscommon Herald Extracts 1919/20.
17. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
18. Ireland, Department of Health, State Marriage Register;General Registrar Office, Dublin.
19. Journal of Births, Deaths, Marriages - held at shop on Tarmonbarry Road.
20. Letter: John Cavanagh(Chicago Illinois) to Michael Thomas Cavanagh(Derryfeacle). 8 April 1916, Copy (Original Mae Beirne). Edan Keenan.
21. Obituary: Michael-Thomas Cavanagh article, Obituary - Michael Thomas Cavanagh.
22. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
23. Oral History. Fact relating to Justice for Dail Eireann - Kilglass Parish and District Court.
24. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
25. "Taped Conversation with Jim Cavanagh," 26 January 1997 by Brendan Keenan, owned by Brendan Keenan, Ireland, tape recording; recollections of Jim Cavanagh.
26. Letter from Tessie Pritchard to Dan and Jim Cavanagh, 5/3/1967; held by Mae Beirne . Copy held by Edan Keenan.
27. Letter: . ..
28. Padraic O'Farrell, The Blacksmith of Ballinalee Sean MacEoin (Lynn Industrial Estate, Mullingar: Uisneach Press, 1993), pp 98-99.
29. Oral History. Fact relating to Justice for Dail Eireann - Kilglass Parish and District Court.
30. Obituary: Michael-Thomas Cavanagh article, Obituary - Michael Thomas Cavanagh.
31. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
32. File 1RB659 James Healy Military Archives Ireland. 1934. Relating to [mentions MT Cavanagh pp12-13 17 18 35 37]. Held by online .
33. Patrick Cavanagh, , 26 December 1956,( to Dannie Cavanagh), Edan Keenan.
34. Oral History. Fact relating to Life of Michael Thomas Cavanagh of Derryfeacle.
35. Ireland, Department of Health, State Marriage Register;General Registrar Office, Dublin.
36. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Cavanagh Family. Derryfeacle, Kilglass North, Roscommon.
37. Letter from Michael Thomas Cavanagh (Derryfeacle, Rooskey, Dromod, Co Roscommon) to Depeartment of Defence, 29 Jun 1935; held by Edan Keenan (copy) . part of DOD pension file.
38. Letter from Department of Defence (denying pension application) to Michael Thomas Cavanagh, 10 Feb 1941; held by Edan Keenan (copy). part of DOD pension file.
39. Letter, Department of Defence 31/10/2007.
40. Letter from Michael Thomas Cavanagh (Derryfeacle, Rooskey, Dromod to Department of Defence, 24 Jan 1950; held by Edan Keenan (copy). part of DOD pension file.
41. Michael Thomas Cavanagh File, Application for Service (1917-1922) medal, Ref: 47930.
42. Michael Thomas Cavanagh File (), Application for the Issue of Service (1917-1922) Medal, MD/17794.
43. Oral History. Fact relating to Kate Clyne Information.
44. Oral History. Fact relating to Life of Michael Thomas Cavanagh of Derryfeacle.
45. Note by Michael Thomas Cavanagh re Derryfeacle courtcase (No Date), Detailing complaint against Owen Mahon.
46. Military Services Pension Act, 1934 Application to the Minister for Defence For A Service Certificate. 1935. Relating to Michael T Cavanagh. Held by Edan Keenan[copy].
47. File 1RB659 James Healy Military Archives Ireland. 1934. Relating to [mentions MT Cavanagh pp12-13 17 18 35 37]. Held by online .
48. Note by Michael Thomas Cavanagh re Derryfeacle courtcase (No Date).
49. Oral History. Fact relating to Life of Michael Thomas Cavanagh of Derryfeacle.
50. Oral History. Fact relating to Justice for Dail Eireann - Kilglass Parish and District Court.
51. Oral History. Fact,Story relating to MT Courtcase 1954 v Owen Mahon.
52. Letter: Patrick Cavanagh(New Haven CT) to Dan Cavanagh(Derrymacstur). 5 December 1958, [copy Original Mae Beirne]. Edan Keenan.
53. Note by Michael Thomas Cavanagh re Derryfeacle courtcase detailing complaint against Owen Mahon.. no date. Relating to Michael-Thomas Cavanagh, Owen Mahon. Held by Edan Keenan.
54. Letter: J Delaney Gannon & Co Solicitors(Mohill Leitrim) to Michael Thomas Kavanagh(Derryfeacle). 29 September 1954, "You v Mahon". Edan Keenan.
55. Letter: F J Gearty & Co Solicitors(Longford) to Michael T Kavanagh(Derryfeacle). 17 July 1954, "You -to- Owen Mahon". Edan Keenan.
56. Letter: Patrick Cavanagh(New Haven CT) to Mae Cavanagh(Derryfeacle). 9 December 1956. Edan Keenan.
57. Rooskey Mans Action Against Nephew, Longford Leader, Longford, Ireland, 3 October 1954. Michael Thomas Cavanagh v Owen Mahon.
58. Oral History. Fact relating to Life of Michael Thomas Cavanagh of Derryfeacle.
59. Patrick Cavanagh, , 26 December 1956,( to Dannie Cavanagh), Edan Keenan.
60. Oral History. Fact relating to Life of Michael Thomas Cavanagh of Derryfeacle.
61. Obituary: Michael-Thomas Cavanagh article, Obituary - Michael Thomas Cavanagh.