placenamesWoodburn
Sruth na Coille
Industrial employment helped shape both housing and religious life at Woodburn.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Sruth na Coille · Irish · main form · validated name
- Woodburn · English · main form
Place & story
A weaving factory and its neighbourhood
In the council’s Carrickfergus Through the Centuries, historian Philip Orr describes the Woodburn linen weaving company as a major Victorian employer. His account records a 40-acre works with 300 looms, a bleachworks and employment for 400 people at its height. Thirty workers’ houses were built nearby. [2]
Orr also connects the new church established at Woodburn in the mid-1860s with the people employed in local linen manufacture. The factory and congregation belong to the same account of a growing industrial community, in which work, housing and worship developed alongside one another. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Carrickfergus
- Civil parish
- Carrickfergus
- Coordinates
- 54.72970, -5.84202 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 135871 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Woodburn. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Carrickfergus Through the Centuries: A Walk through the Historic Town and Harbour, chapter Carrickfergus 1850 to 1925 · Philip Orr; edited by Laura Patrick-Dawson, Carrickfergus Townscape Heritage Initiative
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.