    lisburn ( or ) is a city in northern ireland. it is southwest of belfast, on the river lagan, which forms the boundary between county antrim and county down. lisburn forms part of the belfast metropolitan area. it had a population of 71,465http://www.lisburncity.gov.uk/filestore/documents/economic_development/the%20city%20of%20lisburn%202009%20-%202010%20-%20%20%20%20final%20draft%20-%2002.03.09.09.pdf people in the 2011 census.http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/pop_2_2011.pdf formerly a borough, lisburn was granted city status in 2002 as part of queen elizabeth ii's golden jubilee celebrations. it is the third-largest city in northern ireland. == name == the town was originally known as lisnagarvy (also spelt lisnagarvey, lisnegarvey, lisnegarvy, lisnegarvagh or lisnagarvagh) after the townland in which it formed. this is derived .placenames ni the origin of the town's current name is uncertain. the modern spelling lisburn first appears in a january 1662 entry in the church records. after february 1662, the name lisnagarvy is no longer found in the records.lisburn cathedral and its past rectors rev. w. p. carmody, m.a., dean of down. r. carswell & son ltd, 1926 it is commonly believed that the town was renamed after being burnt during the irish rebellion of 1641.placenames database of ireland (see archival records) in his book lisburn cathedral and its past rectors (1926), rev w p carmody argues "this seems to be most improbable; after twenty years the bur
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