Cavan

Cavan ( kævən; Irish: Cavan, ie engl The Hollow. ) Is a city in the northeastern central inland of the Republic of Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland and the capital of the county of the same name. The population of Cavan was determined during Census 2011 3,607 people.

Cavan is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore. The construction of St. Patrick and St. Felim cathedral was begun in 1938.

History

The recent history of Cavan begins with the establishment of a castle in place by the O'Reilly family in the late 13th century, around the time of the founding of a monastery of the Franciscans on site. In the late 19th century, Cavan became an important railway junction. Today Cavan is of particular importance as a transport hub and for the supply of around 30,000 living around the city in a radius of 16 km humans.

Traffic

Cavan is located on the N3 in the east continues from Dublin via Navan diagonally through the country to Ballyshannon on the northwest coast of Ireland and from there as N15 via Donegal Town County Donegal. To the south west the N55 direction leads to Athlone and as further N6 to Galway on the west coast, in the northeast on the N54 Monaghan to the A3 towards Belfast.

The supra-regional Public passenger transport is primarily covered by Bus Éireann, the Cavan several times a day, among other things connects to the Busáras in Dublin and Enniskillen (NI) and Sligo. On the rail transport in Ireland Cavan is no longer connected since 1960.