Islandreagh, County Antrim
# Islandreagh, County Antrim

Islandreagh (from Irish: An tOileán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey or streaked island') is a townland of 392 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.

## History

The name of the townland was recorded variously as Islanereagh in 1669 and Island Reagh in 1780.

## People

* Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920-2007) was a Northern Ireland politician created a life peer as Baron Cooke of Islandreagh in the County of Antrim, on 11 August 1992. He lived at Islandreagh House in Dunadry.
