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School: Virginia (B)

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
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E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 304

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    The church was rectangular. There was an arch in the chamber extending from the North West gable to the transverse wall. The inner part is filled with debris so it is hard to know what height the church was. After the Reformation it was taken over for Protestant worship and was used until the present Church in Virginia was built in 1818. The reason why so much of the Lurgan Church walls are missing is because stones were carted from it to the present Protestant Church in Virginia.
    Local tradition says that Lurgan Church was knocked by Cromwell's cannon off the hill of Gallanumbraher.
    The names of many
    (continues on next page)
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phelim Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Owen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan