Editing Navan (section)

==History==

=== Prehistory ===

==== An Odhbha ====
Originally An Odhbha was probably a prehistoric [[tumulus]], one of many in the Boyne Valley.<ref name=":1" />

===== Roman Artefacts =====
A small [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] copper alloy figure was found in the River Boyne near Navan. The figurine most likely represents a [[Lares|Lar]], a Roman deity believed to protect the household. It is likely that the figure was placed in the river as a votive offering as in [[Irish mythology]] the river was considered divine and to have been created by the goddess [[Boann]] (Bóinn in Modern Irish). This belief in the divinity of rivers was shared by the Romans. Two Roman coins have also been found in Navan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman Figurine from the Boyne Valley |url=https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Documentation-Discoveries/Artefact/A-Roman-Figurine-from-the-Boyne-Valley/e07e95d7-fe24-4332-bf29-c1040bef78cf |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=National Museum of Ireland |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Navan Historical Society - Roman Finds in Navan |url=http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=roman-statue |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.navanhistory.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Crinion |first=Mairéad |title=Navan - its People and its Past |publisher=Navan & District Historical Society |year=2013 |isbn=9780957120617 |volume=2 |pages=175–179 |language=en |chapter=Navan's Roman Artefacts and W.F. Wakeman}}</ref>

=== Middle Ages ===
The town of Navan was founded by the [[Normans in Ireland|Normans]]: [[Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath|Hugh de Lacy]], who was granted the [[Lordship of Meath]] in 1172, awarded the [[Baron of Navan|Barony of Navan]] to one of his knights, [[Jocelyn de Angulo]], who built a [[fort]] there, from which the town developed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Settlers in Meath - Irish Pedigrees |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/new-settlers-meath.php |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>[[File:"Street, Dublin City" .... is actually Navan (33043056506).jpg|thumb|left|Ludlow Street circa 1900–1939]]

Inside the town walls, Navan consisted of three streets. These were Trimgate Street, Watergate St. and Ludlow St. (which was once called Dublingate St.) The orientation of the three original streets remains from the Middle Ages but the buildings date from the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

=== More recent history===
[[File:County Meath - Navan Town Hall - 20180709203701.jpg|thumb|[[Navan Town Hall]]]]
[[Navan Town Hall]] started life as the local bridewell in 1831 and only became a municipal facility in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/57864/building/CO.+MEATH%2C+NAVAN%2C+BRIDEWELL|title=County Meath, Navan, Bridewell|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Architects|access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>

The town's Post Office on Trimgate Street office was built in 1908 on the site of an earlier post office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=trimgate-street2|title=Trimgate Street|website=www.navanhistory.ie|publisher=Navan & District Historical Society|access-date=10 November 2019|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113194449/http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=trimgate-street2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14009481/mcdonalds-townparks-county-meath|title=McDonald's, Trimgate Street, TOWNPARKS, Navan, County Meath|website=www.buildingsofireland.ie|publisher=[[National Inventory of Architectural Heritage]]|access-date=10 November 2019|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110223032/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14009481/mcdonalds-townparks-county-meath|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, the post office was relocated to Kennedy Road. The building of a new shopping centre re-oriented the town's centre. The onetime post office was acquired as the site of the town's first McDonald's restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14009481/navan-post-office-37-trimgate-street-townparks-navan-meath|title=Navan Post Office, 37 Trimgate Street, Townparks, Navan, Meath|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage| access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Map of Navan.png|thumb|Map of Navan]]

[[File:Navan town Post Office located on Trimgate Street.jpg|thumb|upright|Former Post Office converted to a McDonalds]]