Lurgan, County Cavan
Lurgan is a parish and Electoral Division, County Cavan, Ireland. Lurgan is also part of the historical barony of Castlerahan.[1] The parish is part of the Diocese of Kilmore. The parish is also sometimes today called Virginia, after the largest town in the parish and surrounding area.[2]
Lurgan An Lorgain | |
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Town | |
  Lurgan Location in Ireland | |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Cavan |
Population
In the 1837, the parish had a population of 6387 and an area of 11328 statute acres.[3]
In 2011, the Electoral Division of Lurgan has a population of 565 and an area of 14.46 square kilometers.[4]
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gollark: In any case, I think it's a good *description* of part of human behavior, because people often really like motivated reasoning.
gollark: Well, John Searle's Chinese Room Experiment proved that no computer could understand Chinese, meaning they can't be sentient. Since humans are implemented in physics, like computers, we are also computers, and so not sentient. QED.
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References
- "Lurgan (Cavan)". Library Ireland. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "The Parishes". Diocese or Kilmore. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical History of Ireland. https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/L/Lurgan-Castlerahan-Cavan.php.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - "Census 2011 Highlights for Cavan". Cavan County Council. 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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