Larah or Laragh () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

and

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...

, Ireland. The principal village in the civil parish is Stradone which is located 1 km from the N3 national road. Laragh is an ecclesiastical parish in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore The Diocese of Kilmore (; ) is a Latin Church diocese which is mainly in the Republic of Ireland although a few parishes are in Northern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses which are subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh ...

. There are three churches in the parish namely in Larah, Clifferna and Carrickallen. There are two national schools, at Larah and Clifferna, respectively.

Sport

Laragh United Gaelic Football Club was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two clubs; Laragh (Junior) and Stradone (Intermediate). In 1972 these clubs joined forces for the Senior Championship as a group team called St. Brigid's. They reached the final and were beaten by Crosserlough. The officers and players of both clubs decided afterwards to amalgamate both clubs, and in 1973 the new club was affiliated as Laragh United and entered in the Senior and Junior competitions. The new club won several underage competitions, including three U-16 leagues, three Minor leagues, three Minor championships (group team with the club's neighbours Lavey). The club's record in Senior, Junior and U-21's included several wins in U-21 and Junior championships. The club won senior league competitions on five occasions. In 1979 Laragh Utd. won their first Senior championship by defeating Crosserlough in the final, after only being in existence for six years. Laragh United went on to win the senior championship in 1982, 1983 and 1984. The 1984 final was played in Ballyconnell, as this was the Centenary year of the G.A.A. In the same year, Laragh Utd won the Ulster 7-a-side competition. This competition was played to celebrate the Centenary year. In later years, Laragh United has not had much success at Senior Level, but has won the U-12 league in 2002 and was narrowly beaten by Belturbet in the U-13 championship. The club has consistently provided players to the

Cavan county football team The Cavan county football team represents County Cavan in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Cavan GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-cou ...

Notable people

People from Laragh include Dr.

Seán Brady Seán Brady or similar names may refer to: * Seán Brady (cardinal) (born 1939), Irish cardinal and former archbishop of Armagh * Sean Brady (fighter) (born 1992), American mixed martial artist * Seán Brady (Teachta Dála) (1890–1969), Fianna Fá ...

, a native of Drumcalpin, who served as

Archbishop of Armagh The Archbishop of Armagh is an Episcopal polity, archiepiscopal title which takes its name from the Episcopal see, see city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. Since the Reformation in Ireland, Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic success ...

Primate of All Ireland The Primacy of Ireland belongs to the diocesan bishop of the Irish diocese with highest precedence. The Archbishop of Armagh is titled Primate of All Ireland and the Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland, signifying that they are the senior ...

, and head of the

Catholic Church in Ireland The Catholic Church in Ireland, or Irish Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. With 3.5 million members (in the Republic of Ireland), it is the largest Christian church in Ireland. In ...

from 1996 until 2014, being elevated to the

cardinalate The College of Cardinals (), also called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. there are cardinals, of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Appointed by the pope, ...

in 2007.

References

{{Coord, 53.993, -7.215, region:IE, display=title Civil parishes of County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore