Glenavy

Glenavy Irish: Lann Abhaigh
Glenavy Catholic church
Glenavy Location within Northern Ireland
Population	5,697 (2011)
Irish grid reference	J154729
• Belfast	13 mi (21 km)
District	Lisburn
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRUMLIN
Postcode district	BT29
Dialling code	028, +44 28
UK Parliament	South Antrim
NI Assembly	South Antrim
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°35′31″N 6°12′50″W / 54.592°N 6.214°W / 54.592; -6.214

Glenavy (from Irish Lann Abhaigh, meaning 'church of the dwarf'^[1]) is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 5,697 people. In early documents it was wriiten as "Lenavy".^[1]