- Glenoe
Gleno or Glenoe is a small
village inCounty Antrim ,Northern Ireland , on the plateau aboveLarne andCarrickfergus . In the 2001 Census it had a population of 87 people. It is situated in theLarne Borough Council area.Places of interest
Gleno
waterfall , as well as the village, is now owned by the National Trust. The waterfall is in a deep gorge.The
Mauds Ice Cream factory used to be situated in Gleno, very close to the Gleno waterfall.People
* The mother of
Theodore Roosevelt , 26thPresident of the United States ,Martha Bulloch , hadUlster-Scots ancestors who emigrated from Glenoe in May 1729.*
Roy Beggs Jnr was brought up on a farm near Glenoe.* Current MP for the East Antrim constituency (which includes Gleno)
Sammy Wilson lives close to the village.* Author and poet
Amanda McKittrick Ros lived in the village but left after several legal disputes with locals. Her poem "The Village of Hell" is about Gleno.References
* [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]
* [http://freespace.virgin.net/hearth.nireland/Glenoe.html Main Street - Glenoe]See also
*
List of villages in Northern Ireland
*List of towns in Northern Ireland
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