Media, Video, Podcasts and Audio from the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum.

Media: Videos, Podcasts and Audio from the Museum

The passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022 was met with sadness in Lisburn. The Museum

In October 2021 the museum hosted a free online talk, titled ‘The killing of Sir Henry Wilson: an Irish Tragedy’,

In 2021 the museum partnered with NI Science Festival to produce a short video on the history of Hilden Mill.

Video: Dr Patricia Marsh – “The doctors are being run off their feet”: Spanish Flu in Lisburn Dr Patricia Marsh

Snippet from the Collection: A short snippet from the museum’s collection: a red cross feeding cup c.1914-18 This patient Feeding

Video: Dr Alan Parkinson – The Northern Troubles 1920-22 In this talk Dr Alan Parkinson, author of Belfast’s Unholy War

Video: Cormac Moore- The day-to-day effects of Partition in Ireland Dr Cormac Moore is Historian-in-Residence with Dublin City Council, and

Video: Christopher Magill – The East Ulster Riots and the Formation of The Special Constabulary 1920 In this talk, Christopher

Video: Pearse Lawlor: Lisburn – The Burnings, 1920 In this talks Pearse Lawlor examines the murder of RIC DI Swanzy

Video: Prof Brian Walker – Centenaries, 1920-23: commemorations, conflict and conciliation In this talk, Prof Brian Walker explores the issue

Episode of Britain’s Most Historic Town – Victorian Belfast 12th May – Channel 4 On Saturday 12 May 2018

On April 21 2015 the statue of Brigadier-General John Nicholson returned to Market Square. Originally erected in January 1922 in

‘Riverland – The River Lagan’ The BBC’s new series Riverlands explores Ireland’s waterways, and in the first episode ‘The River