Swanlinbar is a small village situated in north-west County Cavan, Ireland, close to the Claddagh river and near the Fermanagh border. The village is in the barony of Tullyhaw. In the 1860s Swanlinbar had the most celebrated of Cavan's numerous mineral springs. History The earliest name recorded for the village was Sra-na-muck which means The River-field of the pigs. The current official Irish name 'An Muileann Iarainn' meaning 'Iron Mill' reflects the foundation of an ironworks in the town in 1… (More on Swanlinbar)