Crumlin (from Irish: Cromghlinn, meaning 'crooked glen') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is at the head of a wooded glen on the Camlin River, near Lough Neagh, and 20 miles (32 km) west of Belfast city centre. Belfast International Airport lies just north of the village at Aldergrove. It had a population of 5,140 people in the 2011 Census. It is part of Antrim and Newtownabbey district. It also hosts the headquarters of Lidl in Northern Ireland.
History
The town's old linen mill was built in 1809.
In 1972, during The Troubles, a bomb went off prematurely near Crumlin, killing two IRA members.