There's excellent coarse fishing on Loughs Ramor and Sillan, and late in September you can take part in the Cootehill fishing championship on Lough Dramore and the river of the same name. There's more information on Cavan's angling scene in the Cavan outdoors link. For the nature enthusiast who doesn't want to spend his or her time catching and eating god's wonderful creatures, then there's the Dun an Ri Forest Park , a series of walkways and tracks covering 565 acres. The forest is populated with thousands of red squirrels and Irish hares along with all the other examples of Irish wildlife you might expect in such an area. The Shannon , the longest river in Britain and Ireland, rises in Co. Cavan in a place called Lug na Sionna .
Some streams flow into the hole.
A bigger stream flows out of the hole. Hey presto, instant Shannon. The salmon was in possession of all the wisdom of the world because it ate the nuts of the hazel trees surrounding this pond which represented science, poetry, and knowledge. As Sionna tried to catch it, it leapt up and lashed its tail in fury, causing the pond to overflow and drowning Sionna in the process. If this won't make you want to pack your bags and move to Cavan permanently nothing will.