Barran Springs
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Description and history of diving
A group of three small springs in Barran Td, Co. Cavan; the risings for Pollnagossan. The northern spring is presently used as a garden water feature; in the corner of the field to the south is another small and apparently static spring (middle spring); in the middle of the next field is the southern-most spring, impenetrable.
A dive of 5 metres to a tree-root barrier was reported in 1994. It is presumed that this was in the middle spring, but the report only mentions one spring in Barran.
References
Cave Diving Group Newsletter, 112, p. 28
The caves of Fermanagh and Cavan, 1997
Recent dives
Middle Spring
22-10-2010 - diver A. Kennedy; sherpa É. Lankford
A tiny and apparently static pool against a small outcrop gives access to the constricted sump. Diving in zero visibility, head-first initially then feet first, the base of the sump was excavated to allow greater movement. However the way on is blocked after 1.5 body-lengths by a flat slab. The gap above the slab is too tight. It may be possible to remove the slab.
