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School: Virginia (B)

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 303

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    The oldest church in this parish is in old Lurgan graveyard. it is a pre-reformation church. It was called a hospital. The two sidewalls have completely disappeared. Parts of the South-East and North-West gables are still standing. They are thickly covered with ivy. They are built with stones which are uncut. The holes in between are filled with mortar which became as hard as stone. The mortar was mixed with bullocks' blood. The church was 68 feet long by 27 1/2 feet wide. There was a division of a stone wall 12 feet from the North-West gable
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    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