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Cavan Town is a bustling market town with an extensive range of fine retail outlets including boutiques, book stores, toy shops, gift/craft shops, etc. A number of the major stores are also located here including Dunnes Stores, Tesco's, Woodies, Lidl, and Argos.

Following a concerted effort in recent years, Cavan or ‘The Lake Country’ as it is known, is becoming increasingly popular for short breaks and activity holidays. With some excellent hotels such as the Slieve Russell Hotel, (www.quinnhotels.com) ; Cabra Castle (www.cabracastle.com) ; the Cavan Crystal Hotel (www.cavancrystalhotel.com) and the Hotel Kilmore (www.hotelkilmore.ie) , Cavan offers first class facilities for leisure or business purposes alike.

The latest addition is a major new four star hotel on the former Farnham Estate - the Farnham Raddisson which opened in 2006 with 156 bedrooms. It boasts excellent health/leisure facilities. (www.farnham.radissonsas.com) . 9 holes are already open in its planned championship golf course.

Cavan is a haven for those who enjoy the great outdoors, whether their interests lie in angling, field or water sports, pleasure cruising, golfing, horse riding, walking or cycling. All of these facilities are within a five to ten minute drive from the town.

There are numerous sporting facilities and clubs in or around Cavan town including: -

An 18-hole golf course just outside Cavan town (with four more within 18 miles of the town, including the renowned Slieve Russell Golf & Country Club)

a tennis club with five floodlit hard surface courts
4 G.A.A pitches
2 soccer pitches
rugby football club
squash, handball, racquetball, badminton & basketball clubs
judo, boxing, and athletics
25m swimming pool and leisure complex
Cavan International Equestrian Centre
Multi screen cinema complex

Cavan has an abundance of high quality restaurants catering for all tastes and pockets. They include the award winning McNean's Bistro and The Old Poste Inn. The local pubs, hotels and nightclubs provide a variety of evening entertainment. There are numerous clubs and societies, including drama, musical, film, bridge, gardening, Irish & Ceili dancing and ballet, to name a few!

For more information on activities, restaurants, and accomodation see www.cavantourism.com