The group of Garveys in southern Louth near Drogheda, and those Garveys just across the border in Meath could be the remnants of the O'Gairbhin branch of the Garveys described in the historical account. This is the group that is said to have moved to Connacht (western Ireland) at the time of the Norman invasion (early 1200's).

In the mid-1500's (350 years after the Garveys were said to have left this area), the Elizabethan Prelate Archbishop John Garvey began his ministry in the area of County Meath and Eastern County Cavan. He was said to have had residences in Termonfeckin, County Louth, and in the city of Drogheda. Interestingly enough, these are exactly the same places showing the highest concentration of Garveys in that area in Griffith's Valuation.