There is a strong belief in the Cawley family that he collected Raftery's poems and gave them to Douglas Hyde.
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Cawley was born at Priestlands, Bunbury, Cheshire, the son of Thomas Cawley by Harriet Bird, daughter of Samuel Bird, of Beeston Hall, Cheshire.