Ballyhaise House, situated on the Annalee river, was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. It is said to contain the earliest surviving oval room in Ireland and Britain. The building was traditionally credited to Richard Cassels, a German architect living in Dublin, who designed many of the capital's finest buildings and squares. It is more recently thought that Ballyhaise house is actually by the architect of the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. Ballyhaise House has been used as a Teagasc agricultural college since the beginning of the 20th century; celebrating its centenary in 2006. The bridge near the house is reputed to be nearly 300 years old. Ballyhaise Market House is a five bay, two-storey building.
Transport
Bus
Local Link route C1 links the village with Cavan and Butlersbridge several times daily Mondays to Saturdays inclusive. Route C3 from Redhills to Cavan also serves the village with three services each way Mondays to Saturdays.
Rail
Ballyhaise railway station opened on 1 April 1862, closed for passenger traffic on 14 October 1957, and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1963.
Community and sporting groups
The village is home to Ballyhaise GFC, the local Gaelic football team, their home pitch being Annalee Park. In addition to this the village was for many years home to Castletara Youth Band - an accordion marching band which won multiple All-Ireland titles in the late 1990s and early 21st century. Ballyhaise Celtic Football Club was established in the village in 1990. Most recently they opened their home venue, Ballyhaise Celtic Park, located in Glenconnor, Ballyhaise. The club has an established senior team competing in the Cavan Monaghan Senior League and am underage set-up competing in the Cavan Monaghan Underage League.
Weather station
Met Éireann records climate data for Cavan from their station in Ballyhaise. On 21 December 2010 the maximum temperature recorded in Ballyhaise was -9C and the minimum -14C. This was the lowest daily maximum temperature recorded on the island of Ireland since records began in the 1800s. From Saturday 18 December to Christmas Day the temperature in Ballyhaise never exceeded -2C and fell to a minimum each day of between -11C and -15C.
