Cavan Town

Cavan is the county town of in northwest Ireland. The same name is used for the county, so on this page it's referred to as Cavan Town wherever ambiguity might arise.
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  • Type: Town with 3,300 residents
  • Description: town in Ireland
  • Also known as: An Cabhan”, “An Cabhán”, “Cavan”, and “Caván

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cavan Cathedral and Breffni Park.

Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, also known as , is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cavan, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Kilmore, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore.

Stadium
, known for sponsorship reasons as Kingspan Breffni, is a GAA stadium in Cavan, . It is the home of Cavan GAA. The ground has an overall capacity of about 25,030 with a 5,030 seated capacity.

Hospital
is a public hospital located in Cavan, , . It is managed by RCSI Hospitals.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butlers Bridge.

Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Butlersbridge, also Butler's Bridge, is a village in in , 5 km north of Cavan town just off the N3 national primary road. It was previously a through-point on the N3, but was bypassed in 1999. is situated 6 km north of Cavan Town.

Cavan Town

Latitude
53.9911° or 53° 59′ 28″ north
Longitude
-7.3603° or 7° 21′ 37″ west
Population
3,300
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE CAV
Open location code
9C5JXJRQ+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52269708
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965535
Wiki­data ID
Q215361
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cavan Town” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Cavan
  • Breton: An Cabhán
  • Bulgarian: Каван
  • Catalan: Cavan
  • Cebuano: Cavan (kapital sa kondado)
  • Cebuano: Cavan
  • Chinese: 卡文
  • Chinese: 卡旺
  • Danish: Cavan
  • Dutch: Cavan
  • Finnish: Cavan
  • French: Cavan
  • Galician: Cavan - An Cabhán
  • Galician: Cavan
  • Georgian: კავანი
  • German: Cavan
  • Hungarian: An Cabhán
  • Hungarian: Cavan
  • Indonesian: An Cabhan
  • Indonesian: An Cabhán
  • Indonesian: Cavan
  • Irish: An Cabhán
  • Italian: Cavan
  • Japanese: キャバン
  • Korean: 캐번
  • Latin: Cavanum
  • Lithuanian: Kavanas
  • Manx: Yn Cavan
  • Northern Frisian: Cavan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cavan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: An Cabán
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cavan
  • Norwegian: Cavan
  • Persian: کاوان
  • Polish: Cavan
  • Portuguese: Cavan
  • Russian: Каван
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Cabhán
  • Serbian: Cavan
  • Serbian: Kavan
  • Serbian: Каван
  • Slovak: Cavan
  • Spanish: Cavan
  • Swahili: Cavan
  • Swedish: An Cabhán
  • Swedish: Cavan
  • Ukrainian: Каван
  • Urdu: کیوان
  • Welsh: Cavan

Localities in the Area

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