Townland

Cavanacaw

Cavanacaw is a townland in Tyrone. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationCavanacaw54.58627° N · 6.90295° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Cavanacaw · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tyrone
Civil parish
Pomeroy
Coordinates
54.58627, -6.90295
Mapped area
0.63 km²
Logainm ID
64023 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

35People recorded
5Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Meenagh 13
  • Mc Geary 10
  • McGuigan 7
  • Traynor 2
  • Mc Dermott 1
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

35People recorded
8Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McGeary 10
  • Kilpatrick 8
  • Loughran 4
  • Traynor 4
  • Nugent 3
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cavanacaw. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.