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Greencastle is a former hamlet that is now a suburban area, usually considered an outer northern suburb of Belfast, County Antrim. It lies within the townland of Green Castle, in the civil parish of Shankill. There was a hamlet along the shore road in Green Castle townland, on the eastern shore of Belfast Lough, since the early 19th century at the earliest. Graymount House (1835) was designed by Thomas Jackson in the Neo-Classical style for William Gray, who re-developed the former Greencastle House and constructed an adjacent bleaching mill. The Magdalene Episcopal Chapel (RC) opened in 1839, later replaced by St Mary's Church. The hamlet grew further after the opening of Greencastle Railway Station in 1848. Greencastle remained a village along the shore road until the 1950s, since when it has seen substantial development, essentially becoming an outer suburb of Belfast. The Greencastle area is within the council area of Belfast.

Place Type: Urban locality
Historic County: Antrim
Lat, Long: 54.645191,-5.920759
Grid Reference: J 3427 7943
Townland: Green Castle TD
Civil Parish: Shankill CP
Council Area: Belfast CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature:  Northern Ireland Assembly

GBPN ID: 332807
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Greencastle,_Antrim_332807

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