#1 Bailieborough Walking Tour - Market Square Traditional Cache
#1 Bailieborough Walking Tour - Market Square
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This is the first cache in the Bailieborough Walking Tour. The Market Square can be busy at times so stealth will be required as awkward to retrieve and suited to the taller cacher. The cache you are looking for is a film canister.
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Bailieborough Walking Tour
This series of caches should take up to 90 minutes to complete. Caches are hidden near historical buildings and places of interest around Bailieborough town. They will bring you in a circuit starting and ending at the Market Square. You can of course join in wherever suits. Please take extra care by busy roads, roundabouts and junctions.
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We begin at the top of Main Street at the Market Square. On the first Monday of each month the fairs and markets were held here. The town was crowded with farmers, cattle dealers, pig buyers, street traders and animals. Where you are standing oats, potatoes and other veg were sold.
At the very top of the town is the Masonic Hall. Building was complete in 1878. Originally it was a Presbyterian Institute for boys and when it fell into disuse came into possession of the Masonic Order. It is lodge number 796 and is still a meeting place for mason in the area.
The market house was built in 1818 by Colonel William Young. (Colonel Young bought Bailieborough Castle and it's estate in 1814. He laid out the town in the present location.) The upper room of the Market House, which runs the whole length of the building was used for concerts, travelling cinema, theatrical performances and meetings. The ground floor was used for trading on market days. Since the days of the market the building has been a fruit canning factory and then lay dormant due to fire damage. In 1980 Bailieborough Co-Operative restored the building and used it as a hardware shop. In 1988 it was bought by Cavan County Council and is now a library. Upstairs is still used for small community groups and art activities.
In front of the building you can see “Pledge of the Metalmen” by Barry Linnane. It was supported by the Building Peace through the Arts - Re-Imaging Communities programme and was unveiled on Tuesday, 15 September 2015. This project aimed to create a public artwork of excellence which captures the past, present and future aspirations of the people of Bailieborough. Through a consultation process as part of stage one of this project Joanne Behan, artist facilitator sought opinion from the people of Bailieborough as to what gave them a sense of pride in Bailieborough. Many ideas were forthcoming including the rich heritage of the town, the tradition of literature and drama in the county and the writers who are associated with the town, the music and sporting achievements of the area and the inspirational landscape. The theme ‘Forging Ahead’ was finally identified and through an open process Barry Linnane, sculptor was selected to create Pledge of the Metalmen. This art work acknowledges the work of the men in the Bailieborough Foundry. It symbolises what can be achieved when people work together and the value of our industrial heritage.
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