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LURGAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 129 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LURGAN , a See also:

market -See also:town of Co. See also:Armagh, See also:Ireland, well situated on high ground overlooking Lough See also:Neagh a few See also:miles to the See also:north; 20 m. S.W. of See also:Belfast by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. (1901) 11,782. The See also:parish See also:church of Shankill (this parish including Lurgan) has a finely proportioned See also:tower. Contiguous to the town is Lurgan See also:Castle, a See also:fine See also:modern Elizabethan structure, the seat of See also:Lord Lurgan. Lurgan is famed for its diapers, and the See also:linen See also:trade is of the first importance, but there are also See also:tobacco factories and See also:coach factories. It is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council. Lurgan was founded by See also:William Brownlow, to whom a See also:grant of the town was made by See also:James I. In 1619 it consisted of See also:forty-two houses, all inhabited by See also:English settlers. It was burned by the insurgents in 1641, and again by the troops of James II.

After its restoration in 1690 a patent for a market and See also:

fair was obtained.

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