Greenisland

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Greenisland Irish: Inis Glas
Greenisland, as viewed from the Knockagh Monument
Greenisland Location within Northern Ireland
Population	5,486 (2011 Census)
District	Carrickfergus
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARRICKFERGUS
Postcode district	BT38
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	East Antrim
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°41′42″N 5°51′25″W / 54.695°N 5.857°W / 54.695; -5.857

Greenisland (Irish: Inis Glas^[1]) is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 7 miles north-east of Belfast and 3 miles south-west of Carrickfergus. The town is on the coast of Belfast Lough and is named after a tiny islet to the west, the Green Island.^[2]

It is a semi-rural^{[citation needed]} community located at the foot of Carn Hill , upon which stands the Knockagh Monument, a war memorial for those from County Antrim who died in the first and second world wars.^[3]

The town has two distinct areas, known locally as Upper Greenisland and Lower Greenisland after the upper Station Road and lower Station Road around which two parts are respectively located.^{[citation needed]} Upper Greenisland stretches from Upper Road (B90) to the railway station at the bottom of Upper Station Road, includes Greenisland Primary School and features predominantly middle-class demographics and housing. Lower Greenisland runs from the railway station, down Station Road and ends at Shore Road (part of the A2 road). It features a large, predominantly Protestant working-class housing estate built during the 1950s and 1960s^[4] and includes Greenisland Library, Greenisland Community Centre, a number of churches, a small shopping parade at Glassillan Court and Silverstream Primary School. The village in its entirety stretches from the foot of the hill to the shore of Belfast Lough.