Mitchell in his 1996 edition of 'A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland' lists 36 civil parishes in county Cavan. Samuel Lewis in his 1837 'Topographical Dictionary of Ireland names 39+ civil parishes in County Cavan. Some of those parishes were united with others post 1837 The Church of Ireland parish tends to be the same as the civil parish, whilst the Roman Catholic parish may not cover the same townlands, may not have the same name....... Lewis names the Roman Catholic parishes associated with each civil parish - this is one of the most important aspects to Lewis - he can point us to records that we may not know of or think of as possibly having records for the parish we are not able to find records for. I have transcribed 38 of the parishes as described by Lewis - Tomregan is the only one listed in Mitchell that I have not done yet. Whether there are more parishes according to Lewis or not, I don't know, but if there are then they too will be transcribed - in time. For the moment all descriptions for each civil parish as per Lewis have been loaded to the From Ireland web site http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/cav/cavanindexlewis.htm Names are spelled as per Lewis - these spellings sometimes do not agree with the way they are today. Some parishes have more than one name, in which case, I have put only the first name on the Lewis Index page - the names of Roman Catholic parishes associated with the civil parishes will be found on the individual parish description pages. Pages are cross referenced in some instances - when I have another page on line that is applicable to that parish e.g. links from a parish back to the appropriate page for Civil Registration Birth marriage or death references. Roman Catholic parishes do not and did not necessarily carry the same name as the civil parish - if you can't find the parish name that you are looking for, then please make sure to check out the Diocescan/Parish lists on the Cavan page. Again, names are spelled as in the R.C. directory for 1836 - and, with these, if you still can't find the name of teh parish you are intersted in, then, note the name of the closest 'post-town'. Find out what civil parish that was in and work your way from whatever Lewis says about the R.C. parishes for that civil parish. You will find a listing of the Civil Registration Districts on the County Cavan page on the From Ireland web site (my web site). Some of the districts cover townlands in more than one county http://www.from-ireland.net/contents/cavancont.htm There are birth, marriage and death references from the Irish Civil Registers for each district. All civil registration pages have been updated over the last few months - I've only noted the civil parishes that are covered by any district on the pages that I have worked on this month. The civil registration districts are also important as regards searching the Irish census records. The 1931 Trades directories for Cavan town, Belturbet and Cootehill are also linked from the Cavan County page - as are other 'Name lists/Databases. Regards, Jane http:www.from-ireland.net