a market-town in the county of Kilkenny, Ireland, 82 miles S.S.W. from Dublin. N. Lat. 52° 33', W. Long. 70° 23'. It stands on a level strath, watered by the King's river, a tributary of the Nore, and was a walled town of considerable strength, till dismantled by Cromwell. The smaller portion of the town stands on the north side of the river, and contains the remains of an Augustinian friary, connected by a bridge with a chapel and convent on the opposite side. On the southern side there are no buildings. Callander of importance, except the parish church—an ancient edifice—and the Roman Catholic chapel. It is laid out in four principal streets, which intersect each other at right angles. Callan was once a municipal and parliamentary borough, but was disfranchised at the Union. It gives the title of Viscount to the Fieldings, Earls of Denbigh. Pop. in 1841, 3111; in 1851, 2368, besides 2102 inmates of the workhouse.