Cavan’s build up to 2023 homecoming celebration

This year’s ‘Cavan Day’ will build on the extraordinary success of the first two iterations, and lay the foundations for Cavan’s global homecoming celebration, ‘Cavan Calling’, in the county in 2023.

The third annual online celebration of the global Cavan family, Cavan Day, will return later this year. Set for Saturday, September 24, there are big ambitions for the event going forward.

Much effort has gone into planning an unforgettable celebration of all things Cavan since the homecoming festival idea was first conceived in place of Taste of Cavan. However, the 2020 Cavan Calling homecoming festival came a cropper because of coronavirus, but lead to the inaugural ‘Cavan Day’ with people the world over encouraged to share their love of the county online and on social media using the Cavan Day hashtag.

The first-ever Cavan Day was a great success, with an astonishing worldwide reach of over 10 million.

That ‘blue wave’ of positivity continued to crest into the following year as the pandemic once again put paid to in-person gatherings. With the lifting of restrictions, Cavan County Council is building with one eye on a proposed global gathering in 2023, and the potentially huge benefit that would have for the county in tourism terms. The local authority received due recognition for their efforts when presented with the silver award for ‘Best Connected Council’ for their Cavan Day promotion efforts at the recent LAMA All-Ireland Community and Council Awards.

A spokesperson for Cavan County Council confirmed to The Anglo-Celt: “The third annual online celebration of the global Cavan family, Cavan Day will return on Saturday, 24th September.”

They added: “This year’s Cavan Day will build on the extraordinary success of the first two years, and lay the foundations for the hosting of Cavan’s global homecoming celebration, Cavan Calling, in person in County Cavan in 2023.”