Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area
Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area is in County Cavan, Ulster. Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area is situated nearby to the forest Mausoleum Wood, as well as near The Lawn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Slieve Rushen.
Slieve Rushen
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slieve Rushen is a mountain which straddles the border between County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is also called Slieve Russell or Ligavegra. Slieve Rushen is situated 4 km northeast of Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bawnboy and Ballyconnell.
Bawnboy
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bawnboy is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. A synod of the Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, Baunbuidhe, on 25 May 1669 where The Most Rev.
Ballyconnell
Town
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belturbet is a small town on the River Erne in County Cavan, with a population in 2022 of about 1600. In Irish it's Béal Tairbirt, "mouth of the isthmus", and it grew up at a ford on the river. Boating and angling are the main reasons to visit. Ballyconnell is situated 7 km east of Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area.
Swanlinbar
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanlinbar referred to locally as Swad, is a small village on the N87 national secondary road in north-west County Cavan, Ireland, close to the Cladagh river and near the Fermanagh border. Swanlinbar is situated 8 km north of Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area.
Bawnboy Forest Recreation Area
- Type: Sign
- Also known as: “Bawnboy Loop”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: County Cavan, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.12781° or 54° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
-7.68318° or 7° 40′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C6J48H8+4POpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mausoleum Wood and The Lawn.
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