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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 097

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  1. The Old Graveyards

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    The Old Graveyards.
    There are four Graveyards in this locality.
    There names are the Lurgan Protestant Graveyard, the Lurgan Roman Graveyard, the Old Lurgan Graveyard, and the Virginia Graveyard.
    The Virginia Graveyard is in Virginia and the Lurgan Roman Catholic Graveyard is in Cranadillion. They are still used.
    Both Roman Catholics and Protestants are buried in the old Lurgan Graveyard.
    The Old Lurgan Graveyard is round in shape, all the others are square.
    There is a ruined Church in the Old Lurgan Graveyard.
    The Lurgan Protestant Graveyard slopes south, the Lurgan Roman Catholic slopes west and the Old Lurgan Graveyard slopes east.
    There are not any stories
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agatha Lawrence
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enagh, Co. Cavan