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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).
Coláiste Lurgan is an independent summer school that runs three-week Irish-language immersion courses in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of Inverin in County Galway. [1]As part of their student-directed focus in language teaching, the school runs TG Lurgan, an initiative for helping students to acquire vocabulary by producing covers of popular music. [2]
TG Lurgan is a musical project launched by Coláiste Lurgan, an independent summer school based in Connemara, a Gaeltacht, where the Irish language is the predominant spoken language. TG Lurgan releases interpretations as covers of many popular tunes with new lyrics in the Irish language .
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 Town Hall is a municipal structure in Union Street, Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The structure, which is primarily used as a community, arts and resource centre, is a Grade B1 listed building .
The boys were transferred from their temporary school for Junior Industrial Boys (established in 1905) at 81, William Street, Lurgan, on 26 June 1903 and remained there until 1924 when the two Industrial Schools - St. Michael's for Boys and the House of Divine Providence for Girls (established from 1892) - closed as a result of the partition of ...
Lurgan forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Craigavon Area D which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Church, Knocknashane, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake, Taghnevan and Waringstown).
Brownlow House, also known as Brownlow Castle and Lurgan Castle, is a Grade A listed 19th century house located in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. It was built for Irish politician Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan in 1833 by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair and was used as a military headquarters in both world wars.