Pictured inspecting progress at the Virginia Civic Centre project in late 2021 were (front row, from left) Cllr TP O’Reilly, Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council; Cllr Clifford Kelly; chair of Ballyjamesduff Municipal District and Cllr Trevor Smith; back, Cllr Winston Bennett; Frank Nugent, Demac Construction; John Wilson, Senior Engineer, Cavan County Council Housing Construction; Cllr Shane P O’Reilly; John McGahern, Ballyjamesduff MD Area Manager; Bernice Smith, Ballyjamesduff MD; Emma Clancy, County Librarian and Eoin Doyle, Director of Service, Cavan County Council. PHOTO: Adrian Donohoe

Minister opens Virginia Civic Centre

Seamus Enright

Published: Fri 13 Oct 2023, 11:44 AM

Last updated: Fri 13 Oct 2023, 11:45 AM

Minister Heather Humphreys has officially opened the newly developed Virginia Civic, Cultural, and Library Services Centre.

Cllr Philip Brady, Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council and Padraic McIntyre, Manager, Ramor And Town Hall Theatres, also attended the opening.

The transformative facility, which incorporates a state-of-the-art new library, civic space, office space, and redeveloped Ramor Theatre, received almost €4 million in funding under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund (RRDF) through the Department of Rural and Community Development, with €1.3 million in funding put up by Cavan County Council.

Demac Construction Ltd oversaw construction of the Main Street development, which involved the transforming an existing former Parochial House into a new three-storey community library, meeting rooms and events/exhibition space.

The development was done in tandem with a major refurbishment of the adjacent Ramor Theatre.

The theatre works saw several upgrades implemented, including a link to the new box office space and library, through the construction of a shared foyer with the Civic Centre.

A civic space has also been developed, providing access to the lakeshore, boating marina, Virginia Show Centre, Virginia College, and the recently redeveloped lakeshore park.

More to follow.