Navan

Sister cities

• Bobbio
• Broccostella

History

Originally An Odhbha was probably a prehistoric tumulus, one of many in the Boyne Valley. The town of Navan was founded by the Normans: Hugh de Lacy, who was granted the Lordship of Meath in 1172, awarded the Barony of Navan to one of his knights, Jocelyn de Angulo, who built a fort there, from which the town developed. Inside the town walls were three streets: Trimgate Street, Watergate Street and Dublingate Street (now called Ludlow Street). The orientation of the three original streets remains from the Middle Ages but the buildings date from the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Navan Town Hall started life as the local bridewell in 1831 and only became a municipal facility in 1983. The town's Post Office on Trimgate Street was built in 1908 on the site of an earlier post office. In 1990, the post office was relocated to Kennedy Road. The building of a new shopping centre re-oriented the town's centre. The onetime post office was acquired as the site of the town's first McDonald's restaurant.

Geography

Navan has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

Most-observed species

• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  449
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  401
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  370
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  344
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  341
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  294
• Lesser Celandine

  Ficaria verna Huds. · Magnoliopsida
  285
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  246