Cavanaugh

The Cavanaugh Family of Onslow County in North Carolina is represented here by Lord Mark, Senescal of Cavanaugh. Irish names tend to vary widely in their spelling and overall form. The original Gaelic form of the name Cavanaugh is Caomhanach, an adjective denoting association with St. Caomhan. The first Kavanagh, Donal, the son of Dermot MacMurrough, was fostered by a successor of this saint.