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Middle Row, Lurgan, in the late 19th century Birds-eye view of Lurgan in the early 20th century Edward Street, Lurgan, in the early 20th century. The name Lurgan is an anglicisation of the Irish name An Lorgain, literally meaning "the shin", but within the context of placenames refers to a "shin"-shaped hill or ridge (i.e., long, low and narrow).
Lurgan is a civil parish and electoral division in County Cavan, Ireland. Lurgan is also part of the historical barony of Castlerahan . [ 1 ] The Catholic parish of Lurgan is also sometimes called Virginia , after the largest town in the parish and surrounding area.
Lurgan [f] [5] Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon: County Armagh: 30,886 Part of Craigavon Urban Area, a large town: Portadown [f] [5] Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon: County Armagh: 29,772 Part of Craigavon Urban Area, a large town: 10: Newtownards: Ards and North Down: County Down: 29,591 12,984 11.34 2,610.32 Large town 11: Newry: Newry, Mourne ...
Ireland portal This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,979 townlands in County Cavan, Ireland. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list Townland Acres Barony Civil parish Poor law union Abbey Land 9 ...
County Cavan (/ ˈ k æ v ən / KAV-ən; Irish: Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland.It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region.It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (Bréifne).
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Map of the Rural and Urban Districts of Northern Ireland in 1967. The urban and rural districts of Northern Ireland were created in 1899 when the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 came into effect. They were based on the system of district councils introduced in England and Wales four years earlier.
The system of local government Ireland, then wholly within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was reformed by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which came into force in 1899. The new system divided Ireland into the following entities: At the county level: Administrative counties; and; County boroughs