Welcome to Cavan!
The most southerly of the Ulster counties, is greatly diversified in surface.
Its highest point is Cuilcagh Mountain (2,188 feet) in the mountainous projection of the county, which reaches northwestwards between Counties Leitrim and Fermanagh.
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Information Cavan Ireland
County Cavan is rarely visited by tourists, relative to other parts of the country. Hill walkers and lake lovers will take to Cavan, as it’s covered in lakes to be enjoyed by anglers. The foothills of the nearby Iron Mountains, meanwhile, can be explored by hikers of any experience. One thing you should be aware of in Ireland is the sign posting, and Cavan is no exception. The country has a unintentional tradition of bad signage, and it may be an idea to consult the Cavan Tourist Office before making a fishing trip, given that you will find innumerable and confusing signs to waterways of interest to fishermen among the other signposts. Add to this the boreens – little roads barely worthy of the name – and driving can be something of a nightmare.
The village of Belturbet is a good place to use as a base if you want to partake in lake activities. The top of Lough Erne breaches the border with County Fermanagh, to be split into a rivulet of small rivers, streams and lakelets. The watercourses – ideal for fishing – finally converge to become the River Erne further south.
Killykeen Forest Park and its associated Equestrian Centre is worth a trip to see and ride the horses. The Redhills Equestrian Centre is also in Cavan.
The Shannon Erne Waterway – also called the Ballyconnell and Ballinamore Canal – can be found at Ballyconnell. It can be navigated by boaters as far as the shores of Lough Erne. The canal was reopened in 1994, and at sixty kilometres long, and it was a boost for the tourism in Ballyconnell. Once a sleepy hamlet, the village is now a hub of activity.
Nature runs a little bleaker in the northwest of Cavan, with the Culcaigh Mountains a favourite for mountaineers, hikers and hillwalkers alike. Use the Ulster Way from Florence Court Forest Park to get to the summit of the range.
Attractions Cavan Ireland
Cavan Tourist Attractions
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Cavan County Museum - Ballyjamesduff
Located in a superb nineteenth Century building at Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, the Museum houses the material culture of Cavan and surrounding districts. Exhibition galleries feature unique Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Medieval artefacts. Interesting displays include the pre-Christian Killycluggin Stone and Corleck Head, the 1,000 year old Lough Errol Canoe, eighteenth Century Cavan Mace and Lavey Sheela na Gigs. The GAA Gallery was recently opened and has attracted a wealth of Sports Enthusiasts.
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Drumline Monastic Site - Milltown
An idyllic setting between Lakes Drumlane and Derrybrick. A round tower and church mark the sixth century monastic site. The church building dates from thirteenth or fourteenth century and is located half a mile form Milltown village.
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Lifeforce Mill - Millrock
A beautifully restored, fully working flourmill powered by Ireland's oldest waterturbine, Macadam 1846. A tour of the mill begins with each visitor making and baking his or her own loaf of brown bread which is baked while the tour takes place. All the original equipment is still used to produce Lifeforce stoneground wholemeal flour. After the tour you will return to the impressive stone coffee shop to collect your bread, hot out of the oven!
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The Cavan Way - Cavan
Starting from Cavan County Council Library Services in Cavan Town, The Cavan Way provides a pleasant hill and valley walking connection between the Leitrim Way at Dowra, a small village community near the source of the River Shannon and the Ulster Way at Blacklion village. Following generally the course of the young river to its source at the mystical "Shannon Pot", the walk follows quiet valley and river-side landscapes to the more unenclosed uplands section between the "Pot" and Blacklion, which includes the forested Burren area and its cemetery of ancient tombs, stone megaliths and monuments. Fine views are obtained from these elevated upland areas.
Heritage Sites
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Saint Killian's Heritage Centre - Mullagh
Saint Killian was born in Mullagh, County Cavan in 640 AD. In 686AD he became a missionary to Wurzburg in Germany where he was martyred in 689AD. The exhibition and audio-visual here deal with Saint Killian including his times, his work, martyrdom and subsequent cult. It brings to life a glorious era in Irish Church history and the work of Irish missionaries in Europe in the sixth and seventh centuries, with maps, photographs, statuettes, manuscript facsimiles and art reproductions. The exhibition also traces the development of Gaelic script from the Ogham writing of the fourth to seventh centuries and the Wurzburg Glosses (the earliest example of written Irish c.750), to the illuminated script of the Book of Kells.
The Golf Courses Cavan Ireland
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Slieve Russell Golf & Country Club
Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
18 hole course
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County Cavan Golf Club
Drumelis, Co. Cavan
18 hole course. As well as it's trees, some of them centuries old, the club is famed for it's many rhododendron bushes dotted throughout the course.
- Tel: +353 (0)49 433 1541
- Email: info@cavangolf.ie
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Virginia Golf Club
Co. Cavan
9 hole course
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Belturbet Golf Club
Co. Cavan
9 hole course
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Blacklion Golf Club
Co. Cavan
9 hole course
