Lisburn

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Lisburn is a city split between County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland. The River Lagan denotes the county boundary. Unlike most cities which are urban, Lisburn city is primaraly a rural farming area, and is infact an amalgamation of many small towns and villages, including, Moira, Glenavy, Dunmurry, Drumbo as well as the administrative headquarters of Lisburn. Most residents still consider Lisburn a borough, and indeed for many of those outside the town of Lisburn the term "city" is very unpopular.

The city of Lisburn takes its name from its main town Lisburn, which seats its local administrative offices. The ’Lis’ element in Lisburn derives from Lisnagarvy, a townland incorporated in the modern city and whose name is from the Irish: Lios na gCearrbhach, meaning fort of the gamesters or gamblers.

Lisburn is also known as the birthplace of the Irish linen industry, which was established in 1698 by Louis Crommelin and other Huguenots. An exhibition about the Irish linen industry is now housed in the Irish Linen Centre, which can be found in the town’s old Market House in Market Square.

The borough was made a city in 2002 (along with Newry) as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The city is a popular shopping centre, with a wide range of retail outlets both in the Lisburn town centre and in the out-of-town Sprucefield and Sprucefield Park centres. Also in the town centre is the Irish linen centre and Lisburn Museum, which is free to enter and contains displays about the history of the linen industry (which was a key industry in the history of Ulster).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisburn
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Coordinates:   54°30'58"N   6°3'45"W

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  • dirty prods
  • This is where i come to food shop at the weekends. I do this for two reasons; first of all the food is cheaper than down south in the republic but number 2, because Brian Cowen (Prime Minister if that's what u wanna call the twat!!!) tells us not to, he calls us 'unpatriotic' for going. This coming from a man who wouldn't know a recession if it bit him on the ARSE!!!!! We're not all as rich as Mr Cow, so this is why the majority of southerners go here, just to piss him off!