A committee charged with organising the Taste of Cavan 2015 is in the process of developing new ideas for the festival later this year.

It sparked a debate in the Celt offices as to what is the greatest ever Taste of Cavan? Is it Cavan Cola, Cavan boxty, McCarren’s sausages, Bailey’s or something else?

With much love and nostalgia attached to Cavan Cola - originally Cavan Kola with a ‘K’ - it got us to thinking, is it possible to bring it back in time for the Taste of Cavan 2015? And is it worth the Celt reviving and getting behind the ‘Bring Back Cavan Cola’ campaign?

Cavan Cola was a soft drink produced by Cavan Mineral Water Ltd in Cavan Town. It was introduced in 1958, and was sold in 250ml bottles in shops in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim, Louth and Meath.

The company was owned and managed by the Coulter family, founded by John Coulter and John McShane in 1927. At its peak, the company employed over 45 people in the 1970s.

Cavan Cola went national in the early 1990s but in 1995, the family-run Cavan Mineral Water Ltd was taken over by Finches, who began phasing out both Cavan Cola and its sister product, an alcopop called Mug-Shot. By 2001, Cavan Cola had disappeared from most shops, even in County Cavan where it once outsold international brand ‘Coca Cola’.