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VIRGINIA COLLEGE
JENNIFER BREEN
AGE: 15
YEAR: 3RD YEAR
FAMILY: TWO SISTERS, MICHELLE AND LAURA
HOBBIES: READING, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
FAVOURITE SPORTS: TENNIS & BADMINTON
PRESENTATION
JENNIFER WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT VIRGINIA, THE UNIQUE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL
TRISTAN WILL TELL YOU ABOUT LOUGH RAMOR, THE AMENITIES AND THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIES
EVAN WILL REVIEW THE ANALYSIS OF OUR WATER SURVEY
MOVIE CREATED WITH TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC
VIRGINIACOUNTY CAVAN
SITUATED NEAR THE NORTH OF IRELAND
VIRGINIA TOWNVIRGINIA IS A SMALL TOWN OF 3,188 INHABITANTS (ACCORDING TO CENSUS 2006) IN COUNTY CAVAN,
IRELAND. IT IS THE FIFTH LARGEST TOWN IN CAVAN. THE IRISH FOR VIRGINIA IS ACHADH AN IÚIR, MEANING ‘FIELD OF THE YEW’. IT WAS FOUNDED DURING THE ULSER PLANTATION AND WAS NAMED AFTER
QUEEN ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND. IT IS ALSO HOME TO THE POPULAR ANNUAL VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL SHOW FOR OVER SEVENTY YEARS AND IRELAND'S ONLY HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN FESTIVAL.
OUR SCHOOL
OUR SCHOOL WAS BUILT BY THE COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS HAS A COMMUNITY RESPONSE
• IS UNIQUE
• LOCAL FARMERS MORTAGED THEIR LAND TO BUILD THE SCHOOL IN 1962
• SOME OF THE TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOL ARE THE GRAND CHILDREN OF THOSE ORIGINAL FARMERS
1973 2013
VIRGINIA COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1962. THE SCHOOL HAS GROWN RAPIDLY OVER
THE YEARS AND HAS A PRESENT ENROLMENT OF 700 STUDENTS
THE MOTTO OF OUR SCHOOL IS
“TÚS FEASA FIAFRAÍ”, MEANING
"KNOWLEDGE BEGINS WITH QUESTIONS".
VIRGINIA COLLEGE
IS SITUATED BESIDE
LOUGH RAMOR AND
VIRGINIA FOREST PARK
LOUGH RAMOR
• LOUGH RAMOR IS A LARGE NATURAL LAKE OF 741 HECTARES SITUATED NEAR VIRGINIA CO.CAVAN AND HAS AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 4 METRES
• IT HAS A TOTAL OF 32 ISLANDS
• IT WAS FORMED BY A GLACIER THAT MELTED AFTER THE LAST ICE-AGE
INDUSTRIES •GLANBIA
• THE WORD GLANDBIA MEANS “PURE FOOD”
• IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1975
• IT PRODUCES CREAM BASE & CREAM FOR BAILEYS ORIGINAL CREAM LIQUEUR, MILK POWDERS
• IT IS SITUATED NEXT TO LOUGH RAMOR ON THE DUBLIN ROAD
WILDLIFE • COMMON SPECIES OF FISH
• FOREST NEXT TO THE LAKE
• SPECIES OF ANIMALS FOUND AROUND THE LAKE AND IN THE FOREST
BROWN TROUT FRESHWATER BROWN TROUT RANGE IN COLOUR FROM LARGELY SILVER WITH RELATIVELY FEW SPOTS AND A WHITE BELLY
FISH• THE ROACH
• THE ROACH HAS A SILVERY COLOUR WITH RED FINS
• THEY HAVE A LAYER OF SLIME ON THEIR SCALES
PIKE• THE PIKE IS THE LARGEST FISH FOUND IN LOUGH RAMOR, SOME GROW UP TO 30
POUNDS
• THEY HAVE A GREYISH GREEN COLOUR TO THEM AND THEY HAVE LARGE TEETH
ANIMALS AROUND THE LAKE• AN ANIMAL COMMONLY FOUND ALONG THE SHORES OF LOUGH RAMOR IS THE
MINK
• THE MINK FEEDS ON AND FISH IT CAN CATCH AND IT IS QUITE FEARLESS
• IT HAS A BROWN/BLACK COAT
FOREST ANIMALS • THESE ANIMALS INCLUDE, FOX’S, BADGERS, FROGS, PHEASANTS, ROBINS, HEDGEHOG AND RABBIT ARE MOST COMMON
• THE FOREST ITSELF IS MAINLY MADE UP OF OAK, HORSECHESTNUT, PINE, BEACH AND SYCAMORE
SURVEY RESULTS