Cavan County Museum
Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff
Opening times and tickets are on its own website.
About Cavan County Museum
The National Inventory rates Cavan County Museum Regional, one of 9 in Ballyjamesduff. Cavan County Museum dates from 1880–1885. 3 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This former convent built by the Poor Sisters of St Clare was designed by the inventive and prolific Cavan architect William Hague (1840–1899), architect of many significant churches in the county.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 40305009 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 40305009↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Ballyjamesduff · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Cavan County MuseumStart here
- 2
St Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 3Ballyjamesduff CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4Mc Bride'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Ballyjamesduff Garda StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Christ ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)500 m
Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care CentreRegional rating (NIAH)600 mThe Old ManseRegional rating (NIAH)1.8 km
Holy Trinity Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)2.9 kmBillis GrangeRegional rating (NIAH)3.8 kmKilnacrott House(The Cavan Centre)Regional rating (NIAH)4 km1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded churches around Ballyjamesduff
Just 8.2 km away stands Virginia Church (Lurgan), in Virginia. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Farthest out is Bailieborough Church, Bailieborough, 16 km away.
Questions about Cavan County Museum
Is Cavan County Museum on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 40305009).
Can you visit Cavan County Museum?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Cavan County Museum built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1885.
Is Cavan County Museum protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).