Editing Cavan (section)

===20th century===

In 1938, work began on the [[Cavan Cathedral|Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Felim]]; the original Kilmore cathedral was built c.1455, as the main church of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Diocese of Kilmore (Roman Catholic)|Diocese of Kilmore]] located around five kilometres (3&nbsp;mi) south-west of Cavan Town, on the [[Regional roads in Ireland|R]]198. During the [[Plantation of Ulster]] in the seventeenth century, this church became the main [[Church of Ireland]] Kilmore Diocese church known as St. Feidhlimidh Cathedral. A new [[Kilmore Cathedral]] church was built in 1860 and dedicated to the memory of Bishop [[William Bedell]] who died and was buried here in 1642. Bedell was also famously noted for his translation of the old testament Bible into the Irish language. The present Cathedral contains a Hiberno [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] doorway dating from c. 1170, in the twelfth century, conjectured locally ''(but unlikely)'' originally to have come from Holy Trinity priory located a short distance away upon Trinity Island in [[Lough Oughter]]. Holy Trinity priory was built mid-thirteenth century. A short distance from the Kilmore Cathedral is the [[See (religion)|See]] House, a late [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]-style house constructed in the 1830s. This house, designed by [[William Farrell (architect)|William Farrell]], was formerly the official residence (or "Bishop's Palace") of the [[Church of Ireland]] [[Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh|Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh]].

On 23 February 1943, a [[Cavan Orphanage Fire|fire at St Joseph's Orphanage]] in the town claimed the lives of 35 children and an elderly woman. A [[public inquiry]] found no culpability on the part of the nuns who ran the orphanage, but the circumstances surrounding the high death toll in the fire remain controversial to this day.<ref>{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Ciaran|title=Cavan's darkest day|newspaper=Cavan Echo|date=23 February 2007}}</ref> The secretary of the Commission of Enquiry, Brian O'Nolan, is better known to posterity as the writer [[Flann O'Brien]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/onolan-brian-flann-obrien-a6969|title=O'Nolan, Brian (‘Flann O'Brien’)|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography|access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>

The former Cavan Town [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] Barracks was demolished in 1968. Its successor stood on the corner of Farnham Street (also known as Casement Street, named after [[Sir Roger Casement]]) and Abbey Street. The current [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] Station is further along Farnham Street, just across from the Courthouse.