Cavan Courthouse
{{Short description|Municipal building in County Cavan, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox building
| name = Cavan Courthouse
| native_name =
| image = Cavan courthouse.jpg
| caption = Cavan Courthouse
| address = Cavan, County Cavan
| location_city =
| location_country = Ireland
| map_type = Ireland
| map_dot_label = Cavan Courthouse
| coordinates = {{coord|53.9935|-7.3623|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date = 1824
| architect = William Farrell
| architectural_style = Neoclassical style
}}
Cavan Courthouse ({{langx|ga|Teach Cúirte an Chabháin}}){{cite journal|url = http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/0/EE8DCEF00D7ACA278025743D00519CBA/$file/M%C3%A1rta%20%202008%20Imleabhar%2010%20-%20eagr%C3%A1n%201.pdf?openelement | publisher = Courts Service of Ireland | journal = Courts Service News | date = March 2008 | volume = 10 |issue = 1 | page = 5 | title= Caitheann Foilseacháin Nua Solas ar Áiseanna Cúirte | accessdate = 9 November 2019 | language = Irish }} is a judicial and municipal facility in Farnham Street, Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland.
History
The building, which was designed by William Farrell in a neoclassical style and built in ashlar limestone, was completed in 1824.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV®no=40000106|title=Cavan Courthouse|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=27 October 2019}}
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Farnham Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a tetrastyle portico with Doric order columns supporting an entablature. There were three sash windows on the first floor and a pediment above. A memorial outside the building commemorates Thomas Ashe,a member of the Gaelic League, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers.{{cite book|last=Alcobia-Murphy|first=Shane|authorlink=|title=Governing the Tongue|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2005|pages=54|doi=|isbn=978-1-904303-60-2}}
The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Cavan County Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-05-26/121/|title=Local Authorities|date=26 May 1982|publisher=Oireachtas|accessdate=26 October 2019}}
See also
- Carrick-on-Shannon Courthouse - also designed by William Farrell in a near identical style
References
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{{City and County buildings in the Republic of Ireland|state=collapsed}}
Category:Buildings and structures in County Cavan
Category:Courthouses in the Republic of Ireland
Category:County halls in the Republic of Ireland