Where is Glengormley?

Glengormley is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6780°, -5.9630°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Glengormley

Also known as: Gleann Ghormlaithe

Glengormley in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Queen's Park sign, Glengormley, Newtownabbey - geograph.org.uk - 3010279 — Albert Bridge — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Glengormley is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

From the Wikipedia article

Glengormley (from Irish Gleann Ghormlaithe, meaning 'Gormlaith's valley') is a townland (of 215 acres) and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Glengormley is within the urban area of Newtownabbey bordering Belfast, and is located in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is also situated in the civil parish of Carnmoney and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.

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Background

History

From Victorian times to the 1930s, Glengormley was often the final destination on the leisure trail for working-class Belfast citizens escaping the city grime. The three main stops on the trail were Belfast Castle, Belfast Zoo, and the dance hall in Glengormley, opposite the present day Glen Inn. The journey was made by tram or trolley bus or train. The Belfast Street Tramway Company replaced carts with horse-drawn trams and the Cavehill and Whitewell Tramway company ran a steam tramway from Glengormley into Belfast. Sentry Hill was an early 19th-century farmhouse on the hill above Glengormley and Corr's Corner in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim. It was the home of William Fee McKinney - a…

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