The origin of the town's current name is uncertain. The modern spelling "Lisburn" first appears in a January 1662 entry in church records. After February 1662, the name "Lisnagarvy" is no longer found in the records. One theory is that it comes from the Irish "lios" ('ringfort') and the Scots "burn" ('stream'). Another theory is that "-burn" refers to the burning of the town during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, but this is deemed unlikely. In his book "Lisburn Cathedral and Its Past Rectors" (1926), Reverend WP Carmody writes "This seems to be most improbable; after twenty years the burning would be a memory, and the loyal people of the town would not be disposed to give it a name that would be forever reminiscent of its destruction by rebels". There is evidence that the name existed even at the time of the rebellion. In the depositions concerning the rebellion, an English soldier stated on 9 June 1653 that the rebels entered the town of Lisnagarvy at "a place called Louzy Barne". Carmody believes that, in the town's early days, there were two co-existing ringforts: Lisnagarvy to the north and Lisburn to the south. He suggests that both names come from Irish and concludes: "Lisburn, being shorter and more easily pronounced by the English settlers, became the familiar name and Lisnagarvey gradually dropped out".