Portglenone

Portglenone
Portglenone's main street
Portglenone is located in Northern Ireland
Portglenone
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,174 (2011 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYMENA
Postcode districtBT44
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°52′23″N 6°28′26″W / 54.873°N 6.474°W / 54.873; -6.474

Portglenone (from Irish: Port Chluain Eoghain [ˈpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ˌxlˠuənʲ ˈoːənʲ], meaning 'landing place of Eoghan's meadow')[2] is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8.5 miles (14 km) west of Ballymena. It had a population of 1,174 people in the 2011 Census.[3] Portglenone is beside the smaller village of Glenone (in County Londonderry), from which it is separated by the River Bann.

  1. ^ "Port Chluain Eoghain/Portglenone". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ "Place Names NI – Home". www.placenamesni.org.
  3. ^ "Portglenone". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.