What is "kavanagh"

Kavanagh or Kavanaugh may refer to:

• Kavanagh (surname)
• Kavanagh, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
• Kavanagh, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Kavanagh building, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Kavanagh QC, a television series
• Kavanagh (novel), a novel by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish Gaelic. It is properly Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (an example of an Irish agnomen; see Ó Catharnaigh Sionnach or Fox of Fir Teathbha), but is often now rendered 'Caomhánach' or rarely 'Ó Caomhánaigh'.

Kavanagh is a novel by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.