Cavan County Ireland Tartan Collection
Cavan County Ireland Tartan Collection
Celebrate County Cavan with an Irish district tartan — the lakeland county, said to have a lake for every day of the year, and the place where the Shannon rises.
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About the County Cavan Tartan
The Cavan tartan is one of the thirty-two Irish county setts designed by Polly Wittering for the House of Edgar in the 1990s — a district tartan belonging to the county rather than to any family, and open to all who claim a connection with it.
Like its companions, it is a modern design rather than an ancient pattern, and is not formally sanctioned by the county; its place has been won by adoption, above all among Cavan families overseas who wear it to name their own ground in Ireland.
Cavan Tartan Pattern and Colours
The sett is built on greens and browns with red and darker accents — the green of small fields, the brown of bog and drumlin, and the water-blue of a county where lakes lie in every hollow.
County Cavan Heritage
Cavan is a county of small hills and still water: hundreds of drumlins left by the ice, and between them so many loughs that tradition gives the county a lake for every day of the year. On the slopes of Cuilcagh, in the north-west, the Shannon Pot marks the traditional source of Ireland's longest river.
This was the country of East Breifne, ruled for centuries by the O'Reillys, whose drumlin landscape made it hard ground for any invader — every hill a rampart and every hollow a moat. Cavan sits on the border between Ulster and the midlands, and its history has always been that of a threshold county, looking both north and south.
Who Is This Collection For?
This collection is made for those born or descended in County Cavan, O'Reilly and Breifne kin, lakeland and drumlin families and anyone who wants an Irish tartan that names their own county.
- ✓ County Cavan families
- ✓ Breifne and O'Reilly kin
- ✓ Lakeland and drumlin country
- ✓ Shannon Pot and Cuilcagh connections
- ✓ Irish ancestry gifts
- ✓ Blue and green tartan style
How to Wear Cavan Tartan
Cavan tartan works well across caps, shirts, hoodies, scarves, ties, jackets, blankets and keepsake gifts. Its cool, watery palette is easy to pair for everyday wear, family gatherings and county occasions.
County Cavan Tartan FAQ
Quick answers about the Cavan county tartan, who may wear it and where it comes from.
Is the Cavan tartan a clan tartan?
No — it is a district tartan for the county, open to anyone with a Cavan connection.
Who designed it?
Polly Wittering, for the House of Edgar of Perth, as one of a set of thirty-two Irish county tartans in the 1990s.
What are the colours based on?
The greens, browns and waters of the county's drumlin and lakeland landscape.
Does the Shannon rise in Cavan?
Yes — the Shannon Pot on the slopes of Cuilcagh is the traditional source of Ireland's longest river.
What was Breifne?
The old Gaelic kingdom of the region; East Breifne, roughly modern Cavan, was ruled for centuries by the O'Reillys.
Who can wear the Cavan tartan?
Anyone with roots in or affection for County Cavan — it belongs to the place, not to a family.
Wear the County Cavan Tartan
Discover Cavan county tartan clothing, accessories and gifts — the blue of the lakes and the green of the drumlin country.
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