Historic Independence-era legal records, which shed new light on a formative period in Ireland’s legal history, have been presented to Cavan County Library Service.
The once-lost records, which relate to the Dáil Courts of the Parish of Drumlane, contain 40 records from cases adjudicated between November 1921 and September 1922.
They are on a permanent loan to Cavan County Library Service following their discovery last year.
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The records have been donated by Gretta Donohoe, whose father, John Reilly, hailed from Cuilaghan and served as court clerk for the Parish Court of Drumlane.
Local historian Dermot McMonagle, whose own father was appointed a judge to these courts, said he was "like a child at Christmas" when he heard of the discovery:
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