Lurgan is a linen and Cambric manufacturing town in the north east of County Armagh. It is situated twenty miles south-West from the City of Belfast, on the line of the Great Northern Railway, and a mile and a half south from Lough Neagh. The population of Lurgan at the 1937 census was 13,766, an increase of 1.266 or 10.1 per cent, over the previous census. The valuation under the Tenement Valuation Act in 1935 was £34.617. Under the valuations act Amendment Act (N.I.) 1932, the figure is £47.336 (subject to appeals). An imposing War Memorial in the centre of the town was unveiled by the Governor of Northern Ireland on May 23, 1928. Lurgan may be said to be the cradle of the Irish Linen cambric industry, and to the success and skill of its inhabitants and those of the surrounding villages in the fine linen and damask manufacture and in later years the handkerchief hem stitching and finishing business, is to be attributed the progress of the town. In all there are 22 factories in the town.

Shankill Parish Church is the largest parish church in Ireland, and Brownlow House Orange Hall (once the seat of the Brownlow family)' is the largest Orange Hall in the world; it is also the headquarters of the Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth. Lurgan has now two public parks; one of 80 acres in the demesne attached to the old residence of Lord Lurgan; and a second recently presented to the town by Lord Lurgan, in memory of his father, which comprises 23 acres and locally known as Duff's hill, situated on the Lough road.

In May, 1937, a public enquiry was held for the extension of the Lurgan Town Boundary. The additional area covers 500 acres, with a rateable valuation of £3,000. The extension has been approved by the County Council of Armagh.

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