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LURGAN

Volume 12 · 121 words · 1823 Edition

a town in the county of Armagh and province of Ulster in Ireland, 66 miles from Dublin. It is a flourishing town, agreeably situated in the midst of a much improved country; and the inhabitants are extensively engaged in the linen manufacture. It stands on a gentle eminence, about two miles from Lough Neagh, of which it commands a most beautiful and extensive prospect. N. Lat. 54° 35'. W. Long. 6° 31'.

LORGAN-GREEN, a town of Ireland, in the county of Louth and province of Leinster, 37 miles from Dublin; a mile beyond which is a handsome seat of the earl of Charlemont.

LURIDÆ, the name of the 28th order in Linnaeus's fragments of a natural method. See Botany, Natural Orders.