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Bawnboy
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This article is about the Cavan village. For the stone fort, see Cashelore.
Bawnboy (Irish: An Bábhún Buí, meaning 'the yellow bawn')[1] is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland.
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Coordinates: 54°07′N 7°41′W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | Cavan |
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A synod of the Roman Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, Baunbuidhe (Bawnboy) on 25 May 1669 where the Bishop of Kilmore, Eugene MacSweeney tried to depose Thomas Fitzsimons, the vicar general of the diocese.[2]
Bawnboy is part of the ancient parish of Templeport, birthplace of St Mogue. Its most famous building is a Victorian workhouse, built in 1853, long disused and now derelict.