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unusual facts about Lisburn–Antrim railway line


Lisburn–Antrim railway line

Speculation remains that the line could one day re-open under plans to operate a Belfast — Lisburn — Antrim — Belfast circular route, with the possibility of a station for Belfast International Airport which is close to the line at Aldergrove.


1986 in Northern Ireland

31 March - Tom King, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announces decision to ban the Apprentice Boys Easter Monday Parade, resulting in rioting in Portadown and other parts of the North, police homes attacked with petrol bombs, and 11 Catholic homes petrol-bombed in Lisburn.

1996 in Northern Ireland

7 October - Thiepval barracks bombing: The IRA explodes two car bombs inside the British Army headquarters at Lisburn, killing one soldier and injuring 37 other people.

Arthur James Turner

He was offered the post of director of research at the Linen Industry Research Association, Lambeg, Lisburn, in Northern Ireland in 1940 and spent his last 16 years of service there, raising its profile to become accepted as the research centre of the whole linen industry and trade.

Charles-Auguste Lebourg

Five Wallace fountains were erected in Lisburn, in Northern Ireland, though three of these were destroyed for scrap metal during World War II.

Clements Café

Clements Café was established in 1999 with the first opening in Donegal Square West, and has since opened several houses throughout Belfast on Lisburn Road, Royal Avenue, Rosemary Street, Botanic Avenue, Stranmillis Road, Queens University Student Union, Queens University Medical Biology Center and Queen's University Physical Education Centre.

Eddie Patterson

With the first leg of the UEFA Intertoto Cup due to be played on 23 June 2007 against Latvian side Dinaburg FC, he signed Francis Murphy from Lisburn Distillery and Kieran O'Connor from Armagh City, and made Daniel Lyons permanent signing.

John Solanky

He played for and coached Lisburn and Cliftonville Cricket Clubs, coaching future Ireland internationals such as Kyle McCallan, Andrew Patterson and Mark Patterson.

Lisburn telephone exchange code

The Lisburn telephone exchange code refers to the former 01846 area code, which until the 2000 Big Number Change, served Lisburn, Aghalee, Moira, Hillsborough, Dromore, Maze, Stoneyford and Baillies Mills, all of which are in Northern Ireland, a constituent part of the United Kingdom.

Peter McLachlan

In 1973, McLachlan moved to Lisburn, to work as a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance.

Roger McMorrow

Born 10 October 1975 in Monze, Zambia to John and Nuala McMorrow, he spent his childhood growing up in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting

The group's first killing that year was on 9 January when Catholic civilian Phillip Campbell was shot dead at his place of work near Moira by a Lisburn-based UDA unit.

William Finlay

William was born in Lisburn, Ireland and worked in the whole sale grocey business before moving to Montreal, Quebec in 1873.


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