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===Early modern history=== [[James I of England|King James I]] granted the town a charter in 1611. This also entitled Cavan town to [[Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|send two members]] to the Irish parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cavan |url=https://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/cavan/ |website=Ulster Historical Foundation |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127045518/https://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/cavan/ |archive-date=27 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 1690, during the [[Glorious Revolution]], the [[Battle of Cavan]] took place after Williamite Inniskillinger forces led by Colonel William Wolseley attacked the strategic fort overlooking Cavan town at Tullamongan which was held then by the Duke of Berwick Jacobite army. During the battle much of the town was burned by Colonel Wolseley's soldiers and Jacobite general [[William Nugent (soldier)|William Nugent]] was killed.<ref name="Battle of Cavan">{{cite news |last=Parker |first=Ciaran |title=The Battle of Cavan, 1690 |newspaper=Cavan Echo |date=9 February 2007}}</ref> Later, during the 18th century, local administrative influence and power passed to the Maxwell family, descendants of [[Robert Maxwell (bishop)|Robert Maxwell]], [[Church of Ireland]] [[Bishop of Kilmore]] (1643β1672), a family who later entered the [[peerage]] as [[Baron Farnham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/farnham2.pdf |title=National Library of Ireland β Collection List No. 95 β Farnham Papers |publisher=National Library of Ireland |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> Farnham House, located at Farnham, a small rural district to the north-west of Cavan, is one of the largest [[English country house|country house]]s in the county. It was built for [[Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham|Barry Maxwell, 3rd Lord Farnham]] (later created, by the second creation, [[Baron Farnham|Earl of Farnham]]), head of the Maxwell dynasty, around 1780. The house was designed by [[James Wyatt]]. It was extended in 1810 to the design of [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]], a [[County Armagh]]-born, but Dublin-based, architect. It was sold by Diana, Lady Farnham (widow of [[Barry Maxwell, 12th Baron Farnham|Barry Maxwell, 12th Lord Farnham]]), to a local entrepreneur in 2001, and the house and estate has per 2006 been converted into a luxury hotel and leisure complex under the [[Radisson SAS]] international hotel group.<ref>{{cite web |title=First ever Radisson SAS resort in Ireland to open at Farnham Estate in Cavan |website=HoganStand |date=2006 |url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/cavan/article/index/62251 |access-date=3 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817095515/http://www.hoganstand.com/cavan/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=62251 |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irelandin1.com/Ireland-Hotel/FEH/Radisson-SAS-Farnham-Estate |title=Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, CavanHotels |website=Ireland in 1 |access-date=3 May 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503140843/http://www.irelandin1.com/Ireland-Hotel/FEH/Radisson-SAS-Farnham-Estate |archive-date=3 May 2018}}</ref> [[File:Town Hall, Cavan Town, County Cavan, Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 336451.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cavan Town Hall]]]] Developments in Cavan during the early 19th century saw the building of a new wide street that still bears the name 'Farnham Street'. This was lined with comfortable town houses, public buildings (such as [[Cavan Courthouse]] which dates from 1824) and churches. From the mid-19th century, Cavan became an important rail junction for the [[Midland Great Western Railway]] (MGWR) and those of the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)|Great Northern Railway]] (GNR). [[Cavan Town Hall]] was built between 1908 and 1910.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40000161/cavan-town-hall-town-hall-street-keadew-cavan-rl-and-urban-cavan-cavan|title=Cavan Town Hall, Town Hall Street, Keadew (Cavan RL. and Urban), Cavan, County Cavan|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>
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