Lisbane

Lisbane is a small village and townland in the parish of Tullynakill and the barony of Castlereagh Lower[1] in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is between Balloo and Comber on the A22 road, 5 kilometres south-east of Comber.[1] It is near Strangford Lough in the Ards and North Down Borough Council.

The Old Post Office at Lisbane

Lisbane had a population of 430 people in the 2011 Census.[2]

The village consists of the Poacher's Pocket pub and restaurant, The Poacher's Pantry, the Old Post Office tearooms, Vivo Grocers, Lisbane Service Station [3] (an automobile and commercial vehicle repairs garage), a community centre and a doctor's surgery and chemist.

The name Lisbane is from the Irish An Lios Bán, meaning 'the white ringfort'. No white fort exists there now.[1] There are ten other Irish townlands named Lisbane, four of them in County Down,[4][5] including one near Bangor.[6]

References
  1. "Lisbane, County Down (12125)". Placenamesni.org. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "Lisbane in Ards and North Down (Northern Ireland)". City Population. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. "Lisbane Service Station". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. "Lisbane, County Down (17337)". Placenamesni.org. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. Cooper, Karolyn (10 October 2016). "Lisbane". Townlands of Ulster. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. "Lisbane, County Down (17524)". Placenamesni.org. Retrieved 2 November 2019.


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