The Old Post Office at Lisbane - geograph

Lisbane is a small village and

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

in the parish of

Tullynakill Tullynakill () is a civil parish and townland (of 317 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. History The name Tullynakill appears in the 1615 Terrier of church property and on the R ...

and the barony of Castlereagh Lower in County Down,

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. It is between Balloo and

Comber Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Ca ...

on the

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, 5 kilometres south-east of Comber. It is near

Strangford Lough Strangford Lough (from Old Norse ''Strangr Fjörðr'', meaning "strong sea-inlet"PlaceNames N ...

in the

Ards and North Down Borough Council Ards and North Down Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Ards Borough Council and North Down Borough Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it ...

. Lisbane had a population of 430 people in the 2011 Census. 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 (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. There are ten other Irish townlands named ''Lisbane'', four of them in County Down, including one near Bangor.

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Villages in County Down {{NI-stub