Navan
Sign in to saveNavan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Ireland. It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Blackwater, around 50 km northwest of Dublin. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 33,886, making it the fourteenth largest settlement in all of Ireland. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Navan
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
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- Market Square
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- 150px
- Settlement.mapsize
- 230px
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- Location of Navan in Ireland
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- Ireland#Europe
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- 1
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Meath West
- Area
- +44.46
- Elevation
- +42
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- County Meath
- Official website
- www.meath.ie
- Image
- MarketSquareNavan.JPG
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26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistory
- ''An Odhbha''
- Roman Artefacts
- Middle Ages
- Modern era
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Culture
- Public art
- Folklore
- Sports
- Gaelic Games
- Association football
- Rugby
- Cricket
- Transport
- Education
- Media
- Notable people
- Twinning
- See also
- References
- External links
Navan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Ireland. It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Blackwater, around 50 km northwest of Dublin. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 33,886, making it the fourteenth largest settlement in all of Ireland. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
==Etymology== The Modern Irish name An Uaimh is most likely derived from the prehistoric burial mound An Odhbha, named after Odhbha, the first wife of Érimón. It is likely the result of Odbha being later misunderstood and confused by locals with the similar sounding and much more familiar word uaimh, or uamha, which also has a very similar meaning "cave, crypt or souterrain". The Modern English name Navan is likely either an anglicisation of An Uaimh, which was often written and pronounced An Uamhainn, or of An Odhbha(n). An Uaimh was the town's sole official name from the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until 1970, when it was changed to Navan. Since the Official Languages Act 2003, both the Irish and English names have had equal status, as in the rest of the State.