THE 15 BEST Things to Do in Lisburn | Best cities in Lisburn and Castlereagh | In 2024
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The town was originally known as Lisnagarvy (also spelt Lisnagarvey or Lisnagarvagh) after the townland in which it formed. This is derived from Irish Lios na gCearrbhach 'ringfort of the gamesters/gamblers'.[5]
In the records, the name Lisburn appears to supersede Lisnagarvey around 1662.[6] One theory is that it comes from the Irish lions ('ringfort') and the Scots burn ('stream').[5] Some speculate that -burn refers to the burning of the town during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, but there is evidence of earlier use. An English soldier later recalled the rebels having entered the town of Lisnagarvy at "a place called Louys Brane".[6] In the town's early days, there were possibly two ringforts: Lisnagarvy to the north and Lisburn to the south, and the latter may simply have been easier for the English settlers to pronounce
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