Glen Youth Club

HI!

We are the Glen Youth Club! We are situated in Derry, heres a brief history of our town:
Derry or Londonderry (Irish: Doire or Doire Cholm Chille, meaning Oak wood of Colm Cille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. The old walled city of Derry lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, and the present city now covers both banks (Cityside to the west and Waterside to the east) and is connected by two bridges. The district extends to rural areas to the southeast of the city. The population of the city proper was 83,652 in the 2001 Census. The Derry Urban Area (including Culmore, New Buildings and Strathfoyle) had a population of 90,663, and is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland, the fourth on the island of Ireland. It is one of the only places in Europe not to have its defensive walls breached (though the original fortified gates have been replaced). Derry is very near the border with County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland and also serves the west of County Derry. The district is run by Derry City Council and has an airport, City of Derry Airport, and a seaport, Londonderry Port. The City of Derry has had a very close relationship with what is now County Donegal for centuries. The person traditionally seen as the "founder" of Derry is St. Columba (also known as Colm Cille or St. Columb), a holy man and royal prince from Tír Chonaill, the old name for almost all of modern County Donegal. Indeed, Derry was often seen as being part of Tír Chonaill before 1600. Today, most of the Catholic population of the City of Derry would be of Donegal descent.

Our Youth club is situated in an area called the Glen and our youth club is based in the portacabin in the middle of the Glen estate, which is getting refurbished in the new year with a new park going right around it. The new park looks great and we will have photos of it coming soon, so watch this space!!!

In our portacabin we play the playstation , pool , darts and some arts projects - but mainly pool!
We have courses starting in the new year which will be posted on this blog - so keep an eye out!! And no doubt we will be adding as many photos as possible........scary stuff!!

Well, thats it for now...come back soon for another update!