Education
Vocational Education in County Cavan is coordinated by the County Cavan Vocational Educational Committee, while voluntary secondary schools are coordinated by the Department of Education and Science. The town has four second level schools: Saint Patrick's College, Loreto College, Breifne College, and the oldest, Cavan's Royal School, founded in the early Seventeenth century. The town is served by a third level college, Cavan Institute (formerly Cavan College of Further Studies), which has been located in Cavan since 1985 and is the largest provider of FETAC courses in the northeast region.
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