This ran during Good Relations Week 2020

It is here as a record of what happened. The dates and any booking links below are from 2020 and will not work now.

The Swanzy Riots, 1920 – Online Exhibition

Name: The Swanzy Riots, 1920 – Online Exhibition
Start: 2020-09-14T12:00:00+01:00

Run by Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum

This exhibition told the story of a significant - but not well known - event in Lisburn’s history and its part in the War of Independence (1919-1922).

‘The Swanzy Riots, 1920’ details events in Lisburn following the assassination of R.I.C. District Inspector Oswald Ross Swanzy in Market Square. The murder, by members of the Cork and Belfast I.R.A., led to two nights and three days of vicious rioting, looting and burning, largely aimed at the town’s Catholic community. Using photographs, artefacts, videos, books and uniforms, this exhibition told the story of a significant - but not well known - event in Lisburn’s rich history, and its part in the wider story of the War of Independence (1919-1922).