Greenisland

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Greenisland is a suburb in County Antrim, 7 miles to the east of Belfast, Northern Ireland on the northern shore of Belfast Lough in the borough of Carrickfergus. It had a population of 5,050 people in the 2001 Census. It has a rail link to Belfast on the main Larne line. It borders Jordanstown and its University of Ulster campus.

Contents 1 2001 Census 2 Local Media 3 Churches 4 Transport 5 See also 6 References

[edit] 2001 Census

Greenisland is a small backwater settlement within Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 5,050 people living in Greenisland. Of these:

• 21.6% were aged under 16 years and 22.1% were aged 60 and over
• 47.5% of the population were male and 52.6% were female
• 9.6% were from a Catholic background and 84.3% were from a Protestant background.
• 83.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service^[1]

Greenisland has has to work hard to shed itself of the small-minded interbreeding slack-jawed image it has had since the 2005 Spotlight programme on the epidemic of underage pregnancies, high levels of unemployment and an unbelievable crime rate. (lower greenisland)

What the 2005 programme also covered was the interbreeding going on in Greenisland behind closed doors; the fact that cousins and in 13 cases brothers and sisters were having sex astonished BBC viewers.

That was not all, the levels of violence and thievery prevented Council workers from collecting the rubbish and it piles higher every day creating a stench that can be smelt all along the Shore road.

[edit] Local Media

• Castle FM - Carrickfergus' Radio Station

[edit] Churches

Greenisland is home to a number of churches including:

• Greenisland Baptist Church
• Greenisland Presbyterian Church^[2]
• Church of the Holy Name (C of I)^[3]
• Church of the Nazarene^[4]
• Greenisland Methodist Church

[edit] Transport

Greenisland railway station opened on 11 April 1848.^[5]

[edit] See also

• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• List of villages in Northern Ireland

One of the major attractions of greenisland is its most famous inhabitant, wei Jia who has been well known for his organisation and leadership skills whilst head of the local greenisland triad's

[edit] References

1. ^ Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service website.
2. ^ Greenisland Presby website.
3. ^ Church of the Holy Name website.
4. ^ Church of the Nazarene UK website.
5. ^ Greenisland station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.

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