Kavanagh

Kavanagh is an Irish surname, from the Gaelic Caomhánach, meaning a follower or descendant of Caomhán.

It remains common in Ireland and among Irish diaspora communities.

Variant spellings include Kavanaugh and Cavanagh.

The Kavanaghs have lived in this county for generations.

Irish-heritage

Gaelic

Celtic linguistic tradition

lineage · clan · genealogy · roots · Irish diaspora · emigration · tradition · legacy · culture · Hibernia

Irish-surname

O'Neill

American theater dramatist

Doyle · Walsh · Kelly · O'Brien · Byrne · McCarthy · Gallagher · Duffy · Kennedy · Hughes

judiciary

Supreme Court

Nation's top tribunal

judicial · nomination · dissent · opinion · ruling · constitutional · federal judge · jurisprudence · court

poet

canal bank

Edge of man-made waterway

pastoral · sonnets

Opposites
confirmation controversy symbolism

KavanaghAnita Hill

accusers · survivors

literary style and milieu

KavanaghW.B. Yeats

T.S. Eliot

Phrases
Family

Kavanaugh

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