Laragh, County Cavan
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Laragh, County Cavan is a parish in the Diocese of Kilmore.
The pincipal village in the parish is Stradone which is located 1km from the N3.
There are 3 churches in the parish namely in Larah, Clifferna and Carrickallen.
There are 2 national schools in the parin at Larah and Clifferna.
The local GAA team Laragh United were establihed in the 1970's and had considerable success at that time winning 4 senior championships in 1979 and a famous 3-in-a-row from 1982 to the centenary year in 1984. The grounds are located in Stradone and are named after the All-Ireland winning local man P.J. Duke.
Its most famous son is the Rev. Dr. Seán Brady, the current Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh, who attended the local primary school there.
