Place:


Butlersbridge  County Cavan

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Butlersbridge like this:

BUTLERSBRIDGE, a village, in the parish of CASTLETERRA, barony of UPPER LOUGHTEE, county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Cavan; containing about 40 houses and 211 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated on the river Ballyhaise, and on the road from Cavan to Enniskillen, and has a fair on the second Monday in every month throughout the year. Here is a R. C. chapel of ease to those of Castleterra and Ballyhaise; and a daily penny post to Cavan and Belturbet has been established.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Butlersbridge, in and County Cavan | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28270

Date accessed: 10th May 2024


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