13 Facts About County Cavan

County Cavan is the 19th largest of the 32 counties in area and the 25th largest by population.

County Cavan is part of the Northern and Western Region, a NUTS II area, and in that region, is part of the Border strategic planning area, a NUTS III entity.

County Cavan is characterised by drumlin countryside dotted with many lakes and hills.

Some areas of County Cavan were hard hit by the Great Famine potato blight between 1845 and 1849.

However, when the Irish Unionist Party met on 9 June 1916, the delegates from County Cavan learnt that they would not be included in any "temporary exclusion of Ulster" from Home Rule; they agreed only with very great reluctance.

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County Cavan is within the Dail constituency of Cavan–Monaghan, which returns five deputies.

The railways were an important part of the economic development of County Cavan and carried passengers and freight to all over Ireland.

County Cavan has 365 lakes all around, one for everyday of the year.

In Gaelic football, the dominant sport in the county, Cavan GAA competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, which it has won 5 times, between 1933 and 1952.

The most successful club in County Cavan is Cornafean with 20 Senior Football Championship titles, their last title was won in 1956.

Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim in County Cavan town, is the seat of the Bishop of Kilmore and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore.

Lakeland Dairies Group, which is based in Killeshandra and has manufacturing sites located throughout County Cavan, is Ireland's second largest dairy co-operative with an annual revenue of €545 million.

Traditionally an agricultural economy, County Cavan has since expanded in other industries, chiefly quarrying, energy production and manufacturing facilities.