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VIRGINIA, Lurgan, Church of Ireland
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Serving as a symbolic focal point in the former plantation town, the church enjoys a monumental setting which is enhanced by its ample grounds and mature trees. The plan is simple but effective, placing the focus on the church tower and spire which can be seen from a distance, and which stands in an axial relationship to the entrance to the hunting lodge demesne of the Marquess of Headfort. The building is a good example of a Board of First Fruits church with early nineteenth century 'gothick' style details such as the cusp mouldings in the windows and crenellated parapet buttresses serving more decorative than structural functions. Major alterations were made to the church following a storm on Christmas night in 1818 when the steeple fell and destroyed the roof, and after a fire which caused major damage in 1830.
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In 1868, the parish of Lurgan contained the following places:
"LURGAN, a parish, post and market town, in the barony of Castlerahan, county Cavan, province of Ulster, Ireland, 16 miles N.E. of Armagh. The parish is 7 miles long, and its average breadth is 1 mile. The surface is mostly cold and uninteresting, with some woodland. The road from Dublin to Enniskillen crosses the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Kilmore, value £869, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, which is at Virginia, was erected by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1821. There are two united Roman Catholic chapels. Fort George is the principal seat."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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