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County Cavan

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County Cavan (Irish Gaelic: An Cabhán) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster. It was created by Elizabeth I of England. The county is surrounded by County Leitrim, County Longford, County Meath, County Westmeath in the Republic, and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

Size: 189,060 hectare, and 56,416 inhabitants (2002).

The county town is Cavan. Other settlements include:

Arvagh
Ballinagh, Ballyjamesduff, Belturbet, Blacklion, Butlersbridge
Cootehill
Dowra
Kingscourt, Killeshandra
Stradone
Virginia

The township of Cavan, Ontario, Canada was named after County Cavan, from which its settlers had emigrated.


Counties of Ireland
Republic of Ireland: Carlow | Cavan | Clare | Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Galway | Kerry | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Leitrim | Limerick | Longford | Louth | Mayo | Meath | Monaghan | Offaly | Roscommon | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Northern Ireland: Antrim | Armagh | Derry | Down | Fermanagh | Tyrone
Provinces of Ireland: Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster