placenamesCavangarden
Cabhán an Gharraí
Cavangarden in Kilbarron has a history shaped by the Atkinson estate and a distinctive former post office.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cabhán an Gharraí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cavangarden · English · main form
Place & story
Cavangarden House
Cavangarden House was an Atkinson family seat by 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Thomas J. Atkinson owned the property outright and its buildings were valued at £20; the same valuation was recorded in 1906. The McCaffrey family’s account records that Michael and Agnes McCaffrey bought the house and adjoining 380 acres in 1966, developing a working farm and guest accommodation. [2] [3]
The former post office
The building recorded as Cashelard Post Office, formerly Cavangarden Post Office, dates from around 1920. This two-storey structure has corrugated-metal walls and roofs, with a small gabled entrance porch. A letter slot survives at the front. The architectural inventory recorded timber sash and casement windows, with security bars protecting the ground-floor openings. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Tirhugh
- Civil parish
- Kilbarron
- Within
- Cavangarden
- Within
- Cavangarden
- Coordinates
- 54.53321, -8.13904 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412959 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cavangarden. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cavangarden House, property 5070 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- Our Story — Cavangarden House · Cavangarden House, McCaffrey family
- Cashelard Post Office, Cavangarden, record 40910758 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.