In the early part of Elizabeth’s reign this property formed a section of the immense territory ruled over by the O’Neills.  One of these princes was called the Captain of Kill-Ultagh.  In those times, when might was right, this redoubtable chief levied heavy contributions on the settlers, partly in retaliation for aggressions and outrages perpetrated by the English upon his own people.  The queen, with the view of effecting a reconciliation, requested the lord deputy, Sir H. Sidney, to pay the Irish chief a visit.  He did so, but his welcome was by no means gratifying.  In fact, O’Neill would not condescend to receive him at all.  His reason for exhibiting a want of hospitality so un-Irish was this:—­He said his ’home had been pillaged, his lands swept of their cattle, and his vassals shot like wild animals.’  The lord deputy, in his notes of the northern tour, written in October, 1585, says:—­’I came to Kill-Ultagh, which I found rich and plentiful, after the manner of these countries.  But the captain was proud and insolent; he would not come to me, nor have I apt reason to visit him as I would.  But he shall be paid for this before long; I will not remain in his debt.’  The ‘apt reason’ for carrying out this threat soon occurred.  Tyrone had once more taken the field against the queen; the captain joined his relative; all his property was consequently forfeited, and handed over to Sir Fulke Conway, a Welsh soldier of some celebrity.  Sir Fulke died in 1626, and his brother, who was a favourite of Charles I., succeeded to the estate, to which his royal patron added the lands of Derryvolgie, thus making him lord of nearly 70,000 statute acres of the broad lands of Down and Antrim.  The Conways brought over a number of English and Welsh families, who settled on the estate, and intermarrying with the natives, a race of sturdy yeomen soon sprang up.  The Conways were good landlords, and greatly beloved by the people.  With the addition made to the property the king conferred upon the fortunate recipient of his bounty the title of Baron.  At the close of 1627, Lord Conway began the erection of a castle (finished in 1630) on a picturesque mount overlooking the Lagan, and commanding a view of the hills of Down.  During the struggles of 1641 the castle was burned down, together with the greater part of the town, which up to this time was called Lisnagarvah, but thenceforth it received the name of Lisburn.  Very little, however, had been done by the settlers when the outbreak occurred, for an English traveller in 1635 remarked that ’neither the town nor the country thereabouts was planted, being almost all woods and moorish.’  About a month after the breaking out of the rebellion the king’s forces, under Sir George Rawdon, obtained a signal victory over the Irish commanded by Sir Phelim O’Neill, Sir Con M’Guinness, and General Plunket.  In 1662 the town obtained a charter of incorporation from Charles II., and sent two members to the Irish parliament, the church being at the same