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School: Virginia (C )

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 455

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    The name of this district is Virginia. It is in the parish of Lurgan and in the Barony of Castleraghan. The number of families in the town is seventy five and there is about three hundred and sixty people in the town. Kellett Duffy and Reilly are the most common names.
    It is said that the town received the name Virginia to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth the Virgin Queen in whose reign it was founded or built.
    The origin of Virginia dates back to the Plantation of James the first. Captain John Ridgeway received a grant of one thousand acres of land
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Breda Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan