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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 306

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    a man was digging a hole near the site of the church and he found bones in it. There was a hard bank each side of the hole. The stones belonging to the church were used to build a ditch. There are a few old people who remember seeing the old walls standing. When these old people asked their grandfather how old was the church he said it was over two hundred years old.
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    O'Reillys' principal residence was on Lough Oughter. Other O'Reilly castles were at Mullagh and Virginia and Muintirconnnaught.
    In the townland of
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phelim O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Owen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan