The document provides information about Virginia College in County Cavan, Ireland. It details that Virginia College was founded in 1962 and has grown significantly over the years to now have an enrollment of 700 students. It also describes the school's motto as "Knowledge Begins with Questions". Additionally, it outlines that the school is located next to Lough Ramor lake and the surrounding forest park.

1. VIRGINIA
COLLEGE

2. JENNIFER BREEN
AGE: 15
YEAR: 3RD YEAR
FAMILY: TWO SISTERS, MICHELLE AND LAURA
HOBBIES: READING, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
FAVOURITE SPORTS: TENNIS & BADMINTON

3. 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

4. VIRGINIA
COUNTY CAVAN
SITUATED NEAR THE NORTH OF
IRELAND

5. VIRGINIA TOWN
VIRGINIA 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.

6. OUR SCHOOL
• IS UNIQUE
OUR SCHOOL WAS BUILT BY THE
COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS HAS A
COMMUNITY RESPONSE
• 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

7. 1973
2013

8. 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".

9. VIRGINIA COLLEGE
IS SITUATED BESIDE
LOUGH RAMOR AND
VIRGINIA FOREST PARK

10. LOUGH RAMOR

13. • 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

14. 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

16. WILDLIFE
• COMMON SPECIES OF FISH
• FOREST NEXT TO THE LAKE
• SPECIES OF ANIMALS FOUND AROUND THE LAKE
AND IN THE FOREST

17. BROWN TROUT
FRESHWATER BROWN TROUT RANGE IN COLOUR FROM LARGELY SILVER WITH
RELATIVELY FEW SPOTS AND A WHITE BELLY

18. FISH
• THE ROACH
• THE ROACH HAS A SILVERY COLOUR WITH RED FINS
• THEY HAVE A LAYER OF SLIME ON THEIR SCALES

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

25. SURVEY RESULTS