Lisburn (lĭz`bûrn', lĭs`–), town (1991 pop. 40,391) and district, E Northern Ireland, on the Lagan River. The town's chief industry, linen manufacture, was introduced by the Huguenots after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). Within the district, the Lambeg Industrial Research Association is a major fiber research laboratory. Other products are automotive parts and sheet metal. In Lisburn is a monument to Jeremy Taylor Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–67, English bishop and theological and devotional writer. He was distinguished as a preacher and as the author of some of the most noted religious works in English.
..... Click the link for more information. , who died there. Lisburn is the seat of the Roman Catholic bishop of Down and Connor and of the Protestant bishop of Connor. A technical school is located in the former home of Sir William Wallace Wallace, Sir William, 1272?–1305, Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of Wallace's activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30 men in May, 1297, and the slaying of the English sheriff, one of those whom Edward I of
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Lisburn

Town (pop., 1991: 42,110), seat of Lisburn district (pop., 2001: 108,694), Northern Ireland. Located on the River Lagan southwest of Belfast, it was a small village known as Lisnagarvey before English, Scots, and Welsh settled there in the 1620s as part of the Plantation of Ulster scheme. It later attracted French linen workers who introduced Dutch looms and reorganized the Ulster linen industry; the town is still an important linen-manufacturing centre. The district was created in 1973.

Lisburn

1. a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co. Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop.: 71 465 (2001)

2. a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co. Antrim and Co. Down. Pop.: 109 565 (2003 est.). Area: 446 sq. km (172 sq. miles)

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There will be many opportunities for the people of Lisburn to view the event, including the ceremonial start, a trial at the Dundrod TT Circuit that afternoon and a spectator special in the grounds of Wallace Park at 4.

A WELCOME BLAST FROM THE PAST; Lisburn revs up for retrospective rally by The Mirror (London, England)

For first time visitors, Drumbo Park is on the site of the Distillery Football Club and is in the area of Lambeg, a couple of miles outside Lisburn and only seven miles from Belfast.

IN BRIEF: Drumbo Park opens by The Racing Post (London, England)

The gang abandoned the 4x4 at the scene and escaped in a silver Peugeot, which was later found dumped in nearby Lisburn Road, before jumping into a third vehicle and driving off.

Ramraiders fail to break into shop by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)