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CAVAN
, a See also:market-See also:town and the See also:county town of Co
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Cavan, See also:Ireland, near the centre of the county, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, 85z m
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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
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 2822
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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
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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:
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