Glenavy

This article refers to the village in Northern Ireland. For the town in New Zealand, see Glenavy, New Zealand

Glenavy Irish: Lann Abhaigh
Population	1,069 (2001)
Irish grid reference	J154729
• Belfast	13 miles
District	Lisburn City
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRUMLIN
Postcode district	BT29
Dialling code	028, +44 28
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Lagan Valley

Glenavy (from Irish: Lann Abhaigh) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 17 kilometres north west of Lisburn on the banks of the Glenavy River. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,069 people. In early documents it was known as Lenavy.

Demographics

The population of Glenavy on Census day (29th April 2001) was 4305 people. The demographic characteristics of the people living in Glenavy was as follows:

• 26.6% were aged under 16 years;
• 13.6% were aged 60 and over;
• the average age was 29.6 years (NI average age 35.8 years);
• 48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% were female;
• 54.9% were from a Catholic Community Background;
• 42.9% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' Community Background;
• 7.2% were born outside Northern Ireland; and
• 0.4% were from an ethnic group other than white.

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Transport

Glenavy railway station was opened on 13 November 1871, but is no longer operational.

Facilities

Glenavy Currently has a petrol station, Ballymacrickett Primary School, a gift shop, a garden centre, a youth club, Lily Johnston's public house and restaurant, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese take-away, a pharmacist as well as a kitchen shop There is also an Orange Hall, a Methodist Hall and a Church of Ireland hall.

St Joseph's Gaelic Athletic Club provides Gaelic football teams at u8, u10, u12, u14, u16, u18, u21, reserve and senior level. The senior team currently plays in division 2 with the reserves playing in division 4 of the Antrim ACFL.The club also fields hurling and camogie teams up to senior level- Glenavy is also home to an intermediate-standard football team. Crewe United is a member of the Mid-Ulster Football League.

Glenavy also has the house of P, Firemans and the tracks these places are were the so called "GYP" go "swall" (as they would say) there barracks and ten glasses. These guys are fucking crazy however they pull girls flat out furthermore not just in Glenavy but all of Ireland because all they do is get drunk and Get women which leaves all those other men in the world fuming but they can't complain because the GYP are like modern day GODS however the GYP rule is that they don't ride any of the young females in Glenavy because lets be frank there all fucking rotten.

Notable residents

• John Ballance, Premier of New Zealand in the late nineteenth century, was born in Glenavy.

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of places in County Antrim

References

• Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015

External links

• St Joseph's Gaelic Athletic Club
• Communities Against Lough Neagh Incinerator (CALNI)

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