Cavan (An Cabhan, "Hollow Place"), county town of Cavan county, lies in a pleasant district of hills and lakes near the Northern Ireland border, at the junction of the N3, coming from the southeast, with the northsouth road, the N54/N55.
The town was completely destroyed by British forces in 1690. An old tower marks the site of an abbey founded
about 1300, round which the original settlement grew up. Cavan is the administrative center for the county of the same name.
Cavan is noted for the production of crystal.