Glenoe

Glenoe village
Houses in Glenoe

Glenoe or Gleno (from Irish Gleann Ó, meaning 'Glen of the mass or lump')[1] is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is halfway between Larne and Carrickfergus. In the 2021 census, it had a population of 167 people. Glenoe is in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area.

Places of interest

Glenoe Village. County Antrim, Ireland, ca.1895

Glenoe Waterfall, owned by the National Trust, is located near the village. A church, St. Columbas Church of Ireland, is located at the top of the village, nearby the Orange Hall and Young Farmer's Hall. The village is home to an Orange Lodge and a Royal Black Preceptory.

The Mauds Ice Cream factory was in Gleno, near the waterfall, between 1990 and 2000. It closed when the company moved to bigger premises in Carrickfergus.[2]

Gleno waterfall is a local attraction

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Origins". Mauds Ice Cream. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Biography Roy Beggs Website". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.

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