Lisburn

Lisburn , 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 , 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 .

Lisburn (Lios na gCearrbhach), Northern Ireland/UK Lisnagarvey, Lysnecarvagh ‘Fort of the Gamblers’ from lios ‘fort’, a reference to a place nearby where gambling took place. The English name, Lisnargarvey, was superseded in the 17th century, perhaps as a result of the arrival of French Huguenots. While the Lis of the present name probably comes from Lisnagarvey, the derivation of burn is not known. It was elevated to the status of a city in 2002, the year of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952– ).

Lisburn Antrim. Lysnecarvagh 1683. The first element is probably from the earlier name Lisnagarvey, Irish Lios na gCearrbhach, ‘fort of the gamblers’. The second element is dubiously derived from the burning of the town and castle in the siege of 1641.