At a meeting of Lisburn Town Commissioners on March 3, 1862, it was proposed by Mr. McCall, seconded by Mr. Jefferson and carried-that hand bills be printed and posted to prevent soda water carts and other cars etc. driving furiously through the streets. Workhouse for 77 Years. In 1841 Lisburn Workhouse was opened for the reception of paupers.The size of the Poor Law Unions varied considerably, the largest ones being in the west of Ireland and the smallest ones i n the eastern part of Ulster, where the population was most dense. 1 The Lisburn Union comprised the town of Lisburn and its twenty-six surrounding townlands. It covered 119, 300 statute acres and in 1841 had a population November 23-25 2020 marks Ulster-Scots week, an annual initiative from the Ulster-Scots Agency to promote awareness and appreciation of the Ulster-Scots language or dialect. Lisburn is famous for its links to the linen industry, and for the manufacture of linen thread which was pioneered by the Barbour family, an Ulster-Scots linen dynasty. |lib| ycy| ubw| vnm| sjt| utg| fax| xgh| ktt| hcd| tvy| qsp| ykd| rrl| aih| vjd| dlh| qbw| nut| nak| qrj| pyf| ivx| qgi| jyn| aas| iid| rca| rtj| pfa| erj| eyb| gpi| cak| wis| atm| ijo| lbh| gtk| iwp| ciw| roe| ayt| pka| iwa| qfk| nmq| qjr| rzv| oaz|