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Cavan

Cavan (/ˈkævən/ KAV-ən; Irish: An Cabhán, meaning 'the hollow'[2]) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Ballyshannon and Donegal Town (to the north).

Cavan
An Cabhán
Town
Cavan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°59′28″N 7°21′36″W / 53.9910°N 7.3601°W / 53.9910; -7.3601
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Cavan
BaronyLoughtee Upper
Elevation
113 m (371 ft)
Population
 • Total11,741
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
H12
Telephone area code+353(0)49
Irish Grid ReferenceH419041
Websitethisiscavan.ie

History edit

Gaelic Cavan 1300–1607 edit

 
Map of Cavan town from 1591 showing its market square and the O'Reilly castle on Tullymongan Hill

Cavan was founded by the Irish clan chief and Lord of East Breifne, Giolla Íosa Ruadh O’Reilly, between 1300 and his death in 1330. During his lordship, a friary run by the Dominican Order was established close to the O’Reilly stronghold at Tullymongan and was at the centre of the settlement close to a crossing over the river and to the town's marketplace. It is recorded that the (Cavan) Dominicans were expelled in 1393, replaced by an Order of Conventual Franciscan friars. The friary's location is marked by an eighteenth-century tower in the graveyard at Abbey Street which appears to incorporate remains of the original medieval friary tower. The imprint of the medieval town can be followed in the area of Abbey Street, Bridge Street and Main Street (townlands of Tullymongan Upper and Lower).

Clan O'Reilly later built a new castle in the late fourteenth century on Tullymongan Hill, overlooking the town centre. In the 15th century, the local ruler, Bearded Owen O'Reilly, expanded the town marketplace which attracted merchants from Dublin and Drogheda. The phrase "life of Reilly" is believed to derive from the great wealth and power of the Chief of Clan O'Reilly, some of which came from the market. The Chiefs also allowed, however, counterfeit English and Scottish coins to be minted in their territory at this time.[3]

During the Elizabethan era religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley, who would be one of the most celebrated of the 24 Irish Catholic Martyrs, was covertly sheltered by Thomas Fleming, 10th Baron Slane at Slane Castle,[4] where the Archbishop was allegedly concealed inside a priest hole,[5][6] but from whence O'Hurley covertly travelled to and from Cavan to visit with some fellow priests whom he had known while living in Catholic Europe.[6]

Early modern history edit

King James I granted the town a charter in 1611. This also entitled Cavan town to send two members to the Irish parliament.[7] In February 1690, during the Glorious Revolution, the Battle of Cavan took place after Williamite Inniskillinger forces led by Colonel William Wolseley attacked the strategic fort overlooking Cavan town at Tullamongan which was held then by the Duke of Berwick Jacobite army. During the battle much of the town was burned by Colonel Wolseley's soldiers and Jacobite general William Nugent was killed.[8] Later, during the 18th century, local administrative influence and power passed to the Maxwell family, descendants of Robert Maxwell, Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore (1643–1672), a family who later entered the peerage as Baron Farnham.[9]

Farnham House, located at Farnham, a small rural district to the north-west of Cavan, is one of the largest country houses in the county. It was built for Barry Maxwell, 3rd Lord Farnham (later created, by the second creation, Earl of Farnham), head of the Maxwell dynasty, around 1780. The house was designed by James Wyatt. It was extended in 1810 to the design of Francis Johnston, a County Armagh-born, but Dublin-based, architect. It was sold by Diana, Lady Farnham (widow of Barry Maxwell, 12th Lord Farnham), to a local entrepreneur in 2001, and the house and estate has per 2006[10][11] been converted into a luxury hotel and leisure complex under the Radisson SAS international hotel group.

 
Cavan Town Hall

Developments in Cavan during the early 19th century saw the building of a new wide street that still bears the name 'Farnham Street'. This was lined with comfortable town houses, public buildings (such as Cavan Courthouse which dates from 1824) and churches. From the mid-19th century, Cavan became an important rail junction for the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) and those of the Great Northern Railway (GNR). Cavan Town Hall was built between 1908 and 1910.[12]

20th century edit

In 1938, work began on the Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Felim; the original Kilmore cathedral was built c.1455, as the main church of the Catholic Diocese of Kilmore located around five kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Cavan Town, on the R198. During the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century, this church became the main Church of Ireland Kilmore Diocese church known as St. Feidhlimidh Cathedral. A new Kilmore Cathedral church was built in 1860 and dedicated to the memory of Bishop William Bedell who died and was buried here in 1642. Bedell was also famously noted for his translation of the old testament Bible into the Irish language. The present Cathedral contains a Hiberno Romanesque doorway dating from c. 1170, in the twelfth century, conjectured locally (but unlikely) originally to have come from Holy Trinity priory located a short distance away upon Trinity Island in Lough Oughter. Holy Trinity priory was built mid-thirteenth century. A short distance from the Kilmore Cathedral is the See House, a late Georgian-style house constructed in the 1830s. This house, designed by William Farrell, was formerly the official residence (or "Bishop's Palace") of the Church of Ireland Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.

On 23 February 1943, a fire at St Joseph's Orphanage in the town claimed the lives of 35 children and an elderly woman. A public inquiry found no culpability on the part of the nuns who ran the orphanage, but the circumstances surrounding the high death toll in the fire remain controversial to this day.[13] The secretary of the Commission of Enquiry, Brian O'Nolan, is better known to posterity as the writer Flann O'Brien.[14]

The former Cavan Town Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks was demolished in 1968. Its successor stood on the corner of Farnham Street (also known as Casement Street, named after Sir Roger Casement) and Abbey Street. The current Garda Station is further along Farnham Street, just across from the Courthouse.

Adjacent to the Courthouse is the Cavan Central Library building constructed in 2006. The entrance is dominated by an aquarium, with commissioned bog oak sculptures by local artist Joey Burns that portray Cavan history. An arts feature based on Gulliver's Travels enriches the interior space, and two large paintings by award-winning author PJ Lynch were commissioned by Cavan Library Service, in a lasting tribute to Jonathan Swift and to Cavan where Gulliver's Travels was written.

In the 1990s and 2000s Cavan town expanded rapidly with extensive urban regeneration and suburban expansion. It is one of the main economic hubs of the north central part of Ireland and has an extensive range of financial services, legal, medical, industrial and retail enterprises.

Transport edit

Road edit

The town is located on the junction of two national routes, the N3 to Dublin and N55 to Athlone. The National Development Plan provides for a major upgrading of the route with an M3 motorway from Kells to Dublin (completed and officially opened on 4 June 2010) and type 2 dual carriageway from Whitegate on the Meath border to Cavan, which will eventually bypass Virginia too. The N3 and N55 eastern bypass around Cavan town was fully completed in March 2006, eliminating the need for heavy traffic to pass through an already congested town.

Railway edit

 
View of Cavan Catholic Cathedral (spire on the right) and the Church of Ireland Parish Church (spire on the left)
 
Cavan town centre
 
Cavan Courthouse

Although Cavan has no railway links today, there were once two railway stations on separate lines, linking the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and Midland Great Western Railway, then an end junction of the Belfast-Cavan route linking Clones[15] with a branch line to Crossdoney and Killeshandra. With the Cavan-Dublin route, via Inny Junction, Longford and Mullingar on the Dublin-Sligo railway line. There is an old railway line running through Kingscourt on the border of County Meath; this line is now overgrown.

A branch of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway was also indirectly linked to Cavan town via Belturbet (the C&L terminus) and Ballyhaise on the GNR line. When the Government of Northern Ireland closed the section of the Belfast line from Portadown to Glaslough in 1957, it was found to be uneconomical to keep running the rump section from Monaghan to Cavan. All these lines (including the Cavan and Leitrim Railway) were closed by 1960. The (GNR) Virginia Road Station, from 1863 to 1958 serviced the Drogheda and Navan extension route to Kells and Oldcastle. Cooperation between the Cavan and Westmeath county councils is striving to integrate this into the national and regional development plan. Cavan railway station opened on 8 July 1856, closed for passenger services on 14 October 1957, and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1960.[16]

Bus edit

Cavan's bus station is owned and operated by[17] Bus Éireann and is located on Farnham Street. It is a single-storey accessible building with a ticket office, waiting room, public 'phone, restaurant and toilets. The station is served by the Donegal TownEnniskillenDublin AirportBusáras Expressway route 30 which generally operates every two hours in each direction. Route 165 operates less frequently to Athlone and Belfast. The station is the terminus of several local routes, including route 109 to Dublin, which operates hourly each way. Other local routes are the 111 to Ballinagh, Granard, Castlepollard and Athboy, the 162 to Monaghan via Cloverhill and Clones, the 166 to Dundalk, the 175 to Monaghan via Cootehill and the Tuesdays-only 465 to Carrigallen.

Leydons Coaches operate route 930 to Enniskillen via Belturbet, Ballyconnell, Bawnboy and Swanlinbar.[18]

Whartons Travel operate a route to Longford railway station via Crossdoney, Arvagh, Drumlish and Longford.[19][20]

There are also a number of TFI Local Link routes serving Cavan:

  • Route C1 (BallyhaiseButlersbridge – Drumgola – Cavan Institute – Cavan Bus Station – Aldi – Crystal Retail Park – Kilmore roundabout);[21]
  • Route C2 (Ballinagh – Corlurgan Business Park – Moynehall (Lidl) – Cavan Bus Station – Cavan Town Centre – Swellan – Cavan Hospital);[22]
  • Route C3 (Redhills – Ballyhaise – Breffni College – Rocklands – Drumalee – Castlemanor – Cavan Institute – Cavan Town Centre – Cavan Bus Station  – Cavan Hospital – Farnham Estate) with Drumliff also at the weekend;[23]
  • Route 176 (Cavan Town – Ballyhaise – Scotshouse – Clones – NewblissThreemilehouse – Monaghan Town);[24]
  • Route 929 (Corlough Devines Cross – BallinamoreNewtowngore – Taffs Cross – Killeshandra – Cavan Bus Station – Cavan Institute).[25]

Education edit

Cavan town has four secondary level schools: Saint Patrick's College,[26] Loreto College,[27] Breifne College, and the oldest, Royal School Cavan, founded in the early 17th century.[28]

Breifne College is a co-educational Vocational Education School administered by the County Cavan Education and Training Board.[29]

Saint Patrick's College and Loreto College are respectively all boys and all girls Catholic voluntary schools, with The Royal School being a co-educational school with a Protestant ethos. These schools are administered by their respective patrons in conjunction with the Department of Education and Science.

The town has a third level college, Cavan Institute (formerly Cavan College of Further Studies), which was founded in 1985 and is the largest provider of FETAC courses in the northeast region. The college offers Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) across its five schools; Business & Humanities, Healthcare, Sport & Education, Beauty Therapy & Hairdressing, Computing, Engineering & Science Design, Performing Arts & Services. Graduates are entitled to exemptions within most third level colleges and usually transfer to study a degree further completing their course by in their chosen field. The majority of students are Cavan locals, with a large proportion of its other students coming from nearby counties such as Leitrim, Roscommon, Monaghan, Meath and Westmeath. The college's main campus is located on Cathedral Road with other sites in the town centre and at the former Army Barracks on the Dublin Road.

Tourism and events edit

All-Ireland Fleadh edit

In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Cavan Town hosted the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.[30] The 2010 Fleadh was held from 16 to 22 August. The Fleadh is the premier annual Irish traditional music, song and dance festival and series of competitions, which is run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ). Fleadh 2010 was the 50th annual Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, and the first to be carbon neutral. That year it returned to Cavan for the first time since 1954.[31] Up to 250,000 visitors attend the annual Fleadhann, and about 10,000 musicians compete. It is also estimated that the annual All-Ireland Fleadh generates €20-€25 million for the local economy of its host town.[32]

Heritage and tourism development edit

In the County Heritage Plan 2006–2011, published by Cavan County Council, a guiding principle was stated as: "The unique and diverse heritage of County Cavan is conserved, sustained and, above all, cherished and celebrated by the people of the County". Located in Ireland's lakelands, the wildlife and wetlands environment of County Cavan's loughs reputedly offers opportunities for sustainable tourism development.[33] Lough Oughter and Killykeen, located a few kilometres from Cavan town has some infrastructure for ecotourism development.[34]

Twinning edit

Cavan has been twinned with the following places:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement – F1015 - Population". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "An Cabhán/Cavan". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ Parker, Kieran (1992). "The Ui Raghallaigh Lordship of East Breifne c.1250-.c. 1450". Brefne. 8. 2: 415.
  4. ^ Edited by Patrick J. Cornish and Benignus Millet (2005), The Irish Martyrs, Four Courts Press, Dublin. Page 69.
  5. ^ D. P. Conyngham, Lives of the Irish Martyrs, P.J. Kennedy & Sons, New York City. Pages 63-64.
  6. ^ a b "Dermot O'Hurley". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  7. ^ "Cavan". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ Parker, Ciaran (9 February 2007). "The Battle of Cavan, 1690". Cavan Echo.
  9. ^ "National Library of Ireland – Collection List No. 95 – Farnham Papers" (PDF). National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  10. ^ "First ever Radisson SAS resort in Ireland to open at Farnham Estate in Cavan". HoganStand. from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, CavanHotels". Ireland in 1. from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Cavan Town Hall, Town Hall Street, Keadew (Cavan RL. and Urban), Cavan, County Cavan". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  13. ^ Parker, Ciaran (23 February 2007). "Cavan's darkest day". Cavan Echo.
  14. ^ "O'Nolan, Brian ('Flann O'Brien')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  15. ^ "New Works". Irish Builder. 15 February 1862. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Cavan station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  17. ^ "Bus Éireann – View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets". www.buseireann.ie. from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  18. ^ Leydons Coaches 8 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Leydons Coaches (11 February 2013). Retrieved on 23 July 2013.
  19. ^ Portal, Longford. "Home | Longford.ie". www.longford.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  20. ^ Cavan to Longford Bus – Longford to Cavan Bus 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Whartons Travel. Retrieved on 23 July 2013.
  21. ^ "C1-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf" (PDF). Local Link Cavan-Monaghan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  22. ^ "C2-Timetable-June-22-web.pdf" (PDF). Local Link Cavan-Monaghan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  23. ^ "C3-Timetable-March-23-web.pdf" (PDF). Local Link Cavan-Monaghan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  24. ^ "176-Timetable-June-22-web.pdf" (PDF). Local Link Cavan-Monaghan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  25. ^ "929-Timetable-June-2022.pdf" (PDF). Local Link Cavan-Monaghan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  26. ^ . stpatscavan.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  27. ^ "Home – Loreto College Cavan". www.loretocavan.ie. from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  28. ^ "Royal School Cavan". www.royalschoolcavan.ie. from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  29. ^ Cavan Vocational Educational Committee 18 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ Hogan, Sinead (14 September 2011). "Cavan hat-trick as Fleadh 2012 is secured". The Anglo-Celt. from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  31. ^ Fleadh Cheoil 2010 2 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  32. ^ Fleadh Cheoil na nEireann 2010 Cavan Cavan Gaa is also well regarded and very popular in the county. 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Talk Tourism, 14 September 2009
  33. ^ . www.sustainabletourism.net. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  34. ^ "The International Ecotourism Society | Uniting Conservation, Communities, and Sustainable Travel". www.ecotourism.org. from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

Further reading edit

  • Scott, Brendan (Editor), Cavan Town, 1610–2010: A Brief History. Cavan Town Council, Cavan Town, 2012.

External links edit

  • Cavan Heritage
  • Cavan on myguideIreland
  • The Anglo-Celt

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For other uses see Cavan disambiguation Cavan ˈ k ae v en KAV en Irish An Cabhan meaning the hollow 2 is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland The town lies in Ulster near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin to the south with Enniskillen Ballyshannon and Donegal Town to the north Cavan An CabhanTownCathedral of Saints Patrick amp Felim CavanCavanLocation in IrelandCoordinates 53 59 28 N 7 21 36 W 53 9910 N 7 3601 W 53 9910 7 3601CountryIrelandProvinceUlsterCountyCounty CavanBaronyLoughtee UpperElevation113 m 371 ft Population 2022 1 Total11 741Time zoneUTC 0 WET Summer DST UTC 1 IST Eircode routing keyH12Telephone area code 353 0 49Irish Grid ReferenceH419041Websitethisiscavan wbr ie Contents 1 History 1 1 Gaelic Cavan 1300 1607 1 2 Early modern history 1 3 20th century 2 Transport 2 1 Road 2 2 Railway 2 3 Bus 3 Education 4 Tourism and events 4 1 All Ireland Fleadh 4 2 Heritage and tourism development 5 Twinning 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory editGaelic Cavan 1300 1607 edit nbsp Map of Cavan town from 1591 showing its market square and the O Reilly castle on Tullymongan HillCavan was founded by the Irish clan chief and Lord of East Breifne Giolla Iosa Ruadh O Reilly between 1300 and his death in 1330 During his lordship a friary run by the Dominican Order was established close to the O Reilly stronghold at Tullymongan and was at the centre of the settlement close to a crossing over the river and to the town s marketplace It is recorded that the Cavan Dominicans were expelled in 1393 replaced by an Order of Conventual Franciscan friars The friary s location is marked by an eighteenth century tower in the graveyard at Abbey Street which appears to incorporate remains of the original medieval friary tower The imprint of the medieval town can be followed in the area of Abbey Street Bridge Street and Main Street townlands of Tullymongan Upper and Lower Clan O Reilly later built a new castle in the late fourteenth century on Tullymongan Hill overlooking the town centre In the 15th century the local ruler Bearded Owen O Reilly expanded the town marketplace which attracted merchants from Dublin and Drogheda The phrase life of Reilly is believed to derive from the great wealth and power of the Chief of Clan O Reilly some of which came from the market The Chiefs also allowed however counterfeit English and Scottish coins to be minted in their territory at this time 3 During the Elizabethan era religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland Archbishop Dermot O Hurley who would be one of the most celebrated of the 24 Irish Catholic Martyrs was covertly sheltered by Thomas Fleming 10th Baron Slane at Slane Castle 4 where the Archbishop was allegedly concealed inside a priest hole 5 6 but from whence O Hurley covertly travelled to and from Cavan to visit with some fellow priests whom he had known while living in Catholic Europe 6 Early modern history edit King James I granted the town a charter in 1611 This also entitled Cavan town to send two members to the Irish parliament 7 In February 1690 during the Glorious Revolution the Battle of Cavan took place after Williamite Inniskillinger forces led by Colonel William Wolseley attacked the strategic fort overlooking Cavan town at Tullamongan which was held then by the Duke of Berwick Jacobite army During the battle much of the town was burned by Colonel Wolseley s soldiers and Jacobite general William Nugent was killed 8 Later during the 18th century local administrative influence and power passed to the Maxwell family descendants of Robert Maxwell Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore 1643 1672 a family who later entered the peerage as Baron Farnham 9 Farnham House located at Farnham a small rural district to the north west of Cavan is one of the largest country houses in the county It was built for Barry Maxwell 3rd Lord Farnham later created by the second creation Earl of Farnham head of the Maxwell dynasty around 1780 The house was designed by James Wyatt It was extended in 1810 to the design of Francis Johnston a County Armagh born but Dublin based architect It was sold by Diana Lady Farnham widow of Barry Maxwell 12th Lord Farnham to a local entrepreneur in 2001 and the house and estate has per 2006 10 11 been converted into a luxury hotel and leisure complex under the Radisson SAS international hotel group nbsp Cavan Town HallDevelopments in Cavan during the early 19th century saw the building of a new wide street that still bears the name Farnham Street This was lined with comfortable town houses public buildings such as Cavan Courthouse which dates from 1824 and churches From the mid 19th century Cavan became an important rail junction for the Midland Great Western Railway MGWR and those of the Great Northern Railway GNR Cavan Town Hall was built between 1908 and 1910 12 20th century edit In 1938 work began on the Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Felim the original Kilmore cathedral was built c 1455 as the main church of the Catholic Diocese of Kilmore located around five kilometres 3 mi south west of Cavan Town on the R198 During the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century this church became the main Church of Ireland Kilmore Diocese church known as St Feidhlimidh Cathedral A new Kilmore Cathedral church was built in 1860 and dedicated to the memory of Bishop William Bedell who died and was buried here in 1642 Bedell was also famously noted for his translation of the old testament Bible into the Irish language The present Cathedral contains a Hiberno Romanesque doorway dating from c 1170 in the twelfth century conjectured locally but unlikely originally to have come from Holy Trinity priory located a short distance away upon Trinity Island in Lough Oughter Holy Trinity priory was built mid thirteenth century A short distance from the Kilmore Cathedral is the See House a late Georgian style house constructed in the 1830s This house designed by William Farrell was formerly the official residence or Bishop s Palace of the Church of Ireland Bishops of Kilmore Elphin and Ardagh On 23 February 1943 a fire at St Joseph s Orphanage in the town claimed the lives of 35 children and an elderly woman A public inquiry found no culpability on the part of the nuns who ran the orphanage but the circumstances surrounding the high death toll in the fire remain controversial to this day 13 The secretary of the Commission of Enquiry Brian O Nolan is better known to posterity as the writer Flann O Brien 14 The former Cavan Town Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks was demolished in 1968 Its successor stood on the corner of Farnham Street also known as Casement Street named after Sir Roger Casement and Abbey Street The current Garda Station is further along Farnham Street just across from the Courthouse Adjacent to the Courthouse is the Cavan Central Library building constructed in 2006 The entrance is dominated by an aquarium with commissioned bog oak sculptures by local artist Joey Burns that portray Cavan history An arts feature based on Gulliver s Travels enriches the interior space and two large paintings by award winning author PJ Lynch were commissioned by Cavan Library Service in a lasting tribute to Jonathan Swift and to Cavan where Gulliver s Travels was written In the 1990s and 2000s Cavan town expanded rapidly with extensive urban regeneration and suburban expansion It is one of the main economic hubs of the north central part of Ireland and has an extensive range of financial services legal medical industrial and retail enterprises Transport editRoad edit The town is located on the junction of two national routes the N3 to Dublin and N55 to Athlone The National Development Plan provides for a major upgrading of the route with an M3 motorway from Kells to Dublin completed and officially opened on 4 June 2010 and type 2 dual carriageway from Whitegate on the Meath border to Cavan which will eventually bypass Virginia too The N3 and N55 eastern bypass around Cavan town was fully completed in March 2006 eliminating the need for heavy traffic to pass through an already congested town Railway edit nbsp View of Cavan Catholic Cathedral spire on the right and the Church of Ireland Parish Church spire on the left nbsp Cavan town centre nbsp Cavan CourthouseAlthough Cavan has no railway links today there were once two railway stations on separate lines linking the Great Northern Railway GNR and Midland Great Western Railway then an end junction of the Belfast Cavan route linking Clones 15 with a branch line to Crossdoney and Killeshandra With the Cavan Dublin route via Inny Junction Longford and Mullingar on the Dublin Sligo railway line There is an old railway line running through Kingscourt on the border of County Meath this line is now overgrown A branch of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway was also indirectly linked to Cavan town via Belturbet the C amp L terminus and Ballyhaise on the GNR line When the Government of Northern Ireland closed the section of the Belfast line from Portadown to Glaslough in 1957 it was found to be uneconomical to keep running the rump section from Monaghan to Cavan All these lines including the Cavan and Leitrim Railway were closed by 1960 The GNR Virginia Road Station from 1863 to 1958 serviced the Drogheda and Navan extension route to Kells and Oldcastle Cooperation between the Cavan and Westmeath county councils is striving to integrate this into the national and regional development plan Cavan railway station opened on 8 July 1856 closed for passenger services on 14 October 1957 and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1960 16 Bus edit Cavan s bus station is owned and operated by 17 Bus Eireann and is located on Farnham Street It is a single storey accessible building with a ticket office waiting room public phone restaurant and toilets The station is served by the Donegal Town Enniskillen Dublin Airport Busaras Expressway route 30 which generally operates every two hours in each direction Route 165 operates less frequently to Athlone and Belfast The station is the terminus of several local routes including route 109 to Dublin which operates hourly each way Other local routes are the 111 to Ballinagh Granard Castlepollard and Athboy the 162 to Monaghan via Cloverhill and Clones the 166 to Dundalk the 175 to Monaghan via Cootehill and the Tuesdays only 465 to Carrigallen Leydons Coaches operate route 930 to Enniskillen via Belturbet Ballyconnell Bawnboy and Swanlinbar 18 Whartons Travel operate a route to Longford railway station via Crossdoney Arvagh Drumlish and Longford 19 20 There are also a number of TFI Local Link routes serving Cavan Route C1 Ballyhaise Butlersbridge Drumgola Cavan Institute Cavan Bus Station Aldi Crystal Retail Park Kilmore roundabout 21 Route C2 Ballinagh Corlurgan Business Park Moynehall Lidl Cavan Bus Station Cavan Town Centre Swellan Cavan Hospital 22 Route C3 Redhills Ballyhaise Breffni College Rocklands Drumalee Castlemanor Cavan Institute Cavan Town Centre Cavan Bus Station Cavan Hospital Farnham Estate with Drumliff also at the weekend 23 Route 176 Cavan Town Ballyhaise Scotshouse Clones Newbliss Threemilehouse Monaghan Town 24 Route 929 Corlough Devines Cross Ballinamore Newtowngore Taffs Cross Killeshandra Cavan Bus Station Cavan Institute 25 Education editCavan town has four secondary level schools Saint Patrick s College 26 Loreto College 27 Breifne College and the oldest Royal School Cavan founded in the early 17th century 28 Breifne College is a co educational Vocational Education School administered by the County Cavan Education and Training Board 29 Saint Patrick s College and Loreto College are respectively all boys and all girls Catholic voluntary schools with The Royal School being a co educational school with a Protestant ethos These schools are administered by their respective patrons in conjunction with the Department of Education and Science The town has a third level college Cavan Institute formerly Cavan College of Further Studies which was founded in 1985 and is the largest provider of FETAC courses in the northeast region The college offers Further Education and Training Awards Council FETAC across its five schools Business amp Humanities Healthcare Sport amp Education Beauty Therapy amp Hairdressing Computing Engineering amp Science Design Performing Arts amp Services Graduates are entitled to exemptions within most third level colleges and usually transfer to study a degree further completing their course by in their chosen field The majority of students are Cavan locals with a large proportion of its other students coming from nearby counties such as Leitrim Roscommon Monaghan Meath and Westmeath The college s main campus is located on Cathedral Road with other sites in the town centre and at the former Army Barracks on the Dublin Road Tourism and events editAll Ireland Fleadh edit In 2010 2011 and 2012 Cavan Town hosted the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 30 The 2010 Fleadh was held from 16 to 22 August The Fleadh is the premier annual Irish traditional music song and dance festival and series of competitions which is run by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CCE Fleadh 2010 was the 50th annual Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann and the first to be carbon neutral That year it returned to Cavan for the first time since 1954 31 Up to 250 000 visitors attend the annual Fleadhann and about 10 000 musicians compete It is also estimated that the annual All Ireland Fleadh generates 20 25 million for the local economy of its host town 32 Heritage and tourism development edit In the County Heritage Plan 2006 2011 published by Cavan County Council a guiding principle was stated as The unique and diverse heritage of County Cavan is conserved sustained and above all cherished and celebrated by the people of the County Located in Ireland s lakelands the wildlife and wetlands environment of County Cavan s loughs reputedly offers opportunities for sustainable tourism development 33 Lough Oughter and Killykeen located a few kilometres from Cavan town has some infrastructure for ecotourism development 34 Twinning editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland Cavan has been twinned with the following places nbsp Jaunay Clan Vienne FranceSee also editCategory People from Cavan town Cavan Orphanage fire Cavan Water Mill List of abbeys and priories in County Cavan List of closed railway stations in Ireland List of towns and villages in IrelandReferences edit Profile 1 Population Distribution and Movement F1015 Population Census 2022 Central Statistics Office Ireland Retrieved 29 August 2023 An Cabhan Cavan Placenames Database of Ireland logainm ie Retrieved 29 August 2023 Parker Kieran 1992 The Ui Raghallaigh Lordship of East Breifne c 1250 c 1450 Brefne 8 2 415 Edited by Patrick J Cornish and Benignus Millet 2005 The Irish Martyrs Four Courts Press Dublin Page 69 D P Conyngham Lives of the Irish Martyrs P J Kennedy amp Sons New York City Pages 63 64 a b Dermot O Hurley Dictionary of Irish Biography Cavan Ulster Historical Foundation Retrieved 27 December 2022 Parker Ciaran 9 February 2007 The Battle of Cavan 1690 Cavan Echo National Library of Ireland Collection List No 95 Farnham Papers PDF National Library of Ireland Retrieved 10 November 2023 First ever Radisson SAS resort in Ireland to open at Farnham Estate in Cavan HoganStand Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel CavanHotels Ireland in 1 Archived from the original on 3 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Cavan Town Hall Town Hall Street Keadew Cavan RL and Urban Cavan County Cavan National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Retrieved 9 November 2023 Parker Ciaran 23 February 2007 Cavan s darkest day Cavan Echo O Nolan Brian Flann O Brien Dictionary of Irish Biography Retrieved 10 November 2023 New Works Irish Builder 15 February 1862 p 11 via Newspapers com Cavan station PDF Railscot Irish Railways Archived PDF from the original on 2 March 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2007 Bus Eireann View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables amp Buy Tickets www buseireann ie Archived from the original on 30 November 2016 Retrieved 1 December 2016 Leydons Coaches Archived 8 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Leydons Coaches 11 February 2013 Retrieved on 23 July 2013 Portal Longford Home Longford ie www longford ie Retrieved 1 December 2016 Cavan to Longford Bus Longford to Cavan Bus Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Whartons Travel Retrieved on 23 July 2013 C1 Timetable August 2023 web pdf PDF Local Link Cavan Monaghan Retrieved 23 August 2023 C2 Timetable June 22 web pdf PDF Local Link Cavan Monaghan Retrieved 23 August 2023 C3 Timetable March 23 web pdf PDF Local Link Cavan Monaghan Retrieved 23 August 2023 176 Timetable June 22 web pdf PDF Local Link Cavan Monaghan Retrieved 23 August 2023 929 Timetable June 2022 pdf PDF Local Link Cavan Monaghan Retrieved 23 August 2023 Saint Patrick s College Cavan stpatscavan com Archived from the original on 3 January 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Home Loreto College Cavan www loretocavan ie Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Royal School Cavan www royalschoolcavan ie Archived from the original on 7 December 2017 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Cavan Vocational Educational Committee Archived 18 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine Hogan Sinead 14 September 2011 Cavan hat trick as Fleadh 2012 is secured The Anglo Celt Archived from the original on 18 November 2011 Retrieved 24 November 2011 Fleadh Cheoil 2010 Archived 2 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Fleadh Cheoil na nEireann 2010 Cavan Cavan Gaa is also well regarded and very popular in the county Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Talk Tourism 14 September 2009 Sustainable Tourism Sustainable amp Responsible Planning and Management for the Tourism Industry www sustainabletourism net Archived from the original on 2 December 2016 Retrieved 1 December 2016 The International Ecotourism Society Uniting Conservation Communities and Sustainable Travel www ecotourism org Archived from the original on 3 December 2016 Retrieved 1 December 2016 Further reading editScott Brendan Editor Cavan Town 1610 2010 A Brief History Cavan Town Council Cavan Town 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Cavan Town nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cavan nbsp Look up Cavan in Wiktionary the free dictionary nbsp Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article about Cavan Cavan Heritage Cavan on myguideIreland The Anglo Celt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cavan amp oldid 1184435237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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