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CAVAN , a See also:

market-See also:town and the See also:county town of Co. Cavan, See also:Ireland, near the centre of the county, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, 85z m. N.W. of See also:Dublin by the Midland See also:Great Western railway, and the See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the Great See also:Northern railway from See also:Clones. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 2822. It is on one of the tributary streams of the Annalee See also:river, in a broad valley surrounded on every See also:side by elevated ground, with picturesque environs, notably the demesnes of See also:Farnham and of Kilmore, which belongs to the bishops of that See also:diocese. Cavan has no buildings of antiquarian See also:interest, but the See also:principal county institutions are here, and the most conspicuous See also:building is the See also:grammar school, founded by See also:Charles I. It was rebuilt in 1819 on an See also:eminence overlooking one of the See also:main entrances into the town, and is capable of accommodating See also:Loo See also:resident pupils. The See also:college of St See also:Patrick is near the town. Cavan has some See also:linen See also:trade, and a considerable See also:retail business is transacted in the town. A monastery of Dominican friars, founded by O'Reilly, chieftain of the Brenny, formerly existed here, and became the See also:burial-See also:place of the celebrated Irish See also:general, See also:Owen O'See also:Neill, who died as, is supposed by See also:poison, in 1649, at Cloughoughter. There was also the See also:castle of the O'Reillys, but this and all other antiquities of the town were swept away during the violent and continuous feuds to which the See also:country was subjected. In 1690 the See also:chief portion of the town was burned by the Enniskilleners under General See also:Wolseley, when they routed a See also:body of See also:James II.'s troops under the See also:duke of See also:Berwick.

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