Lisburn

/ (ˈlɪzbɜːn) /

noun

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)

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

Example sentences from the Web for lisburn

The main line between Lisburn and Portadown touches the north-western extremity of the county.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 |Various
In the town of Lisburn Elder Taylor preached four times in the market place to large and attentive crowds.

The Life of John Taylor |B. H. Roberts
He d. at Lisburn of a fever caught while ministering to a parishioner.

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature |John W. Cousin
Monroe fled to Lisburn and thence to Carrickfergus, where he shut himself up till he could obtain reinforcements.

The Land-War In Ireland (1870) |James Godkin

Referring to his ancestors he says that his father had been fifty-six years minister of the French Church in Lisburn.

The Land-War In Ireland (1870) |James Godkin

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