Editing Lisburn (section)

== Name ==
The town was originally known as [[Lisnagarvey|''Lisnagarvy'']] (also spelt ''Lisnagarvey'' or ''Lisnagarvagh'') after the [[townland]] in which it formed. This is derived {{etymology|ga|Lios na gCearrbhach|[[ringfort]] of the gamesters/gamblers}}.<ref name="PNI">{{cite web|title=Lisburn, County Down|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=16190|publisher=Place Names NI|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201801/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=16190|archive-date=6 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the records, the name ''Lisburn'' appears to supersede Lisnagarvey around 1662.<ref name="carmody">{{cite web|url=http://www.lisburn.com/books/lisburn_cathedral/cathedral-1.htm|title=Lisburn Cathedral – Lisburn.com|first=W. P.|last=Carmody|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526003612/http://www.lisburn.com/books/lisburn_cathedral/cathedral-1.htm|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> One theory is that it comes from the Irish ''lios'' ('ringfort') and the [[Scots language|Scots]] ''burn'' ('stream').<ref name="PNI"/> 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 Louzy Barne".<ref name="carmody" /> 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.<ref name="carmody" />