Lisburn Trivia

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Located in which two counties?	County Antrim County Down
Located in this council area	Lisburn and Castlereagh
Meaning of name	Ring fort on the stream
Population	45,370
Located on this river	Lagan
Granted city status in this year	2002
Former name of town	Lisnagarvey
Barracks housing the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland	Thiepval Barracks
The only place in the United Kingdom to have these	Wallace fountains
Racecourse located nearby	Down Royal
Infamous prison located nearby, which housed republican prisoners; closed in 2000	HMP Maze
Independent brewery based here; oldest in Ireland	Hilden
Welsh family who owned an estate where the town is now; helped to develop the old town	The Conways

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Primary news anchor for BBC Newsline hailing from the city	Donna Traynor
Actor born in city best known for roles in Rome, 2004's King Arthur and the Thor franchise	Ray Stevenson
Zoologist best known for work in biomechanics; professor at University of Leeds	Robert McNeill Alexander
Current guitarist for Def Leppard	Vivian Campbell
Public body headquartered in city	Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Multinational company whose Northern Irish head offices are located here	Coca Cola
Parliamentary constituency the city is located in	Lagan Valley
The birthplace and major centre of this area of Irish manufacturing	Linen
A statue of this soldier who partook in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 stands in the city	John Nicholson
NIFL football team	Lisburn Distillery
Large shopping complex located south of the city	Sprucefield
Northern Ireland's first railway terminated here when it opened in 1839. What was its name?	Ulster Railway
Railway which served the city prior to nationalisation	Great Northern Railway of Ireland