Settlement Type: | Civil Parish |
Lurgan | |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Blank Name Sec1: | Irish Grid Reference |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ulster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Cavan |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Code Type: | Telephone area code |
Postal Code Type: | Eircode routing key |
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.[2]
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]