# Cavan Way

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Trail in County Cavan, Ireland

Cavan Way Length 22 km (14 mi)[1] Location County Cavan, Ireland Designation National Waymarked Trail[1] Trailheads Blacklion, Dowra[1] Use Hiking Elevation gain/loss +330 m (1,083 ft)[1] Highest point Giant's Grave (260 metres (850 ft))[2] Difficulty Moderate[1] Season Any Surface Roads, river paths and moorland

The **Cavan Way** ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): ***Slí an Cabhán***) is a [long-distance trail](/source/Long-distance_trail) in [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). It is 22 kilometres (14 miles) long and begins in [Blacklion](/source/Blacklion) and ends in [Dowra](/source/Dowra). It is typically completed in one day.[1] It is designated as a [National Waymarked Trail](/source/Long-distance_trails_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland) by the National Trails Office of the [Irish Sports Council](/source/Irish_Sports_Council) and is managed by [Cavan County Council](/source/Cavan_County_Council).[3] The trail was devised by a local man, Harold Johnston, and set up by the Blacklion Community Council and the Cavan County Development Team between 1984 and 1985.[4]

From Blacklion, the Way climbs into the hills above the village, looking over Upper and [Lower Lough MacNean](/source/Lower_Lough_MacNean), before passing along the outskirts of [The Cavan Burren](/source/Burren_Forest) and past the Giant's Grave, an ancient [passage tomb](/source/Passage_tomb) and the highest point on the trail.[5] The route descends and passes the Moneygashel crossroads, where the remains of a [sweat house](/source/Sweat_lodge) may be found.[6] The route then passes the [Shannon Pot](/source/Shannon_Pot), the small pool which is the [source](/source/River_source) of the [River Shannon](/source/River_Shannon).[7] After following the banks of the Shannon for a few kilometres, the Way reaches a road which leads to the end of the trail at Dowra.[8]

The Cavan Way provides a connection between the [Leitrim Way](/source/Leitrim_Way) at Dowra and the [Ulster Way](/source/Ulster_Way) at Blacklion.[2] It forms part of the [Beara-Breifne Way](/source/Beara-Breifne_Way), a walking and cycling route under development, intended to run from the [Beara Peninsula](/source/Beara_Peninsula), [County Cork](/source/County_Cork) to [Breifne](/source/Kingdom_of_Breifne), [County Leitrim](/source/County_Leitrim) following the line of [Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare](/source/Donal_Cam_O'Sullivan_Beare)'s march in the aftermath of the [Battle of Kinsale](/source/Siege_of_Kinsale) in 1602.[9]

## References

### Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Trails_1-5) ["Cavan Way"](http://www.irishtrails.ie/trail/Cavan-Way/8/). *IrishTrails*. [Irish Sports Council](/source/Irish_Sports_Council). Retrieved 31 July 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CavanTourism_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CavanTourism_2-1) ["The Cavan Way"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110910011244/http://www.cavantourism.com/downloads/the_cavan_way.pdf) (PDF). *cavantourism.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.cavantourism.com/downloads/the_cavan_way.pdf) (PDF) on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENational_Trails_Office201033_3-0)** [National Trails Office 2010](#CITEREFNational_Trails_Office2010), p. 33.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Siggins, Lorna (19 September 1987). "Legging it in lake country". *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*. Dublin. p. A5.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFewer199359–60_5-0)** [Fewer 1993](#CITEREFFewer1993), pp. 59–60.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFewer199360_6-0)** [Fewer 1993](#CITEREFFewer1993), p. 60.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFewer199361_7-0)** [Fewer 1993](#CITEREFFewer1993), p. 61.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFewer199361-62_8-0)** [Fewer 1993](#CITEREFFewer1993), p. 61-62.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Walking"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110905041546/http://www.bbgreenway.com/walking.htm). *Beara-Breifne Greenway Project*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bbgreenway.com/walking.htm) on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

### Bibliography

- Fewer, Michael (1993). *Irish Long Distance Walks. A Guide to the Way-Marked Trails*. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7171-2040-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7171-2040-6).

- National Trails Office (2010). ["Setting New Directions. A review of National Waymarked Ways in Ireland"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110531143831/http://www.irishtrails.ie/National_Trails_Office/Publications/NTO_Review.pdf) (PDF). Dublin: [Irish Sports Council](/source/Irish_Sports_Council). Archived from [the original](http://www.irishtrails.ie/National_Trails_Office/Publications/NTO_Review.pdf) (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

## External links

- [Cavan Way](http://www.irishtrails.ie/trail/Cavan-Way/8/) at [IrishTrails.ie](http://www.irishtrails.ie/)

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