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Well if you ever make it, let me know and I'll point you in some urney - mee directions

Hey, I'm coming to this very late but I'm doing a bit of research in this area ATM so I thought I would share. Urney was a more significant settlement around the famine era but was abandoned during it. The town land of urney is fairly significant in history but now all there is to see is an old monastery and graveyard up a small lane beside urney bridge. Very close to that area is inishmuck (it is essentially surrounded by water and urney bridge is the entrance on to it. There were Mee's living here that I remember - if you look up 'Cavan canoeing' - there is a small road at the top of the hill to the east (running parallel with the direction of the river by the canoe centre). Two old bachelors lived along that lane - hugh the hollow and Bob Mee. Bob is the nearest to urney I know of. He died im guessing between 1981-4. he was a Protestant man in what is the Irish republic and was universally loved by all accounts. Mee was a Protestant name and in general, there was a marked reduction in protestants following partition (this area is maybe 20 miles from Northern Ireland). There is a little church of Ireland not far from urney and bob mee's farm called Derryheen church and bob is buried there with other Mees. I'm sure local people including those at cavan canoe centre would know more if bob has any relative about today. Sean who runs the centre is a salt of the earth man and we'll knowledgable about the area. Good luck in your search