Glenavy

 ( Villages In County Antrim ) 

Glenavy ( Logainm - Glenavy entry) is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2021 census the village had a population of 2,384 people. In early documents it was written as "Lenavy".

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Transport Glenavy railway station was opened on 13 November 1871, and was part of the now closed Knockmore line. The station was closed in 2003

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Sport Glenavy is home to an intermediate-standard football team. Crewe United is a member of the Mid-Ulster Football League.

The area is also home to St. Joseph's Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club.

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Notable residents

• John Ballance, Premier of New Zealand in the late nineteenth century
• Samuel Hill, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ivor Jess, disability sports campaigner
• Anne Acheson, sculptor and co-inventor of paper-mache casts for broken limbs

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See also

• List of civil parishes of County Antrim

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External links

• Glenavy history site

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