Loughguile
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Coordinates: 55°03′40″N 6°18′22″W / 55.061°N 6.306°W
| Loughguile | |
| Irish: Loch gCaol | |
 St Patrick's Catholic church |
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 Loughguile shown within Northern Ireland |
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| Population | 2,321 (2001) |
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| Irish grid reference | D082250 |
| - Belfast | 46 mi (74 km) |
| District | Ballymoney |
| County | County Antrim |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BALLYMENA |
| Postcode district | BT44 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | North Antrim |
| NI Assembly | North Antrim |
| List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Antrim | |
Loughguile, also spelt Loughgiel or Loughgeel (all pronounced /lɒxˈɡiːl/ lokh-GEEL and derived from Irish: Loch gCaol, meaning "thin lake"),[1] is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 13 km east of Ballymoney, at the edge of the Glens of Antrim. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,321.
[edit] Sport
The hurling team, Loughgiel Shamrocks, is the only team in Ulster to have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, doing so in 1983. The club also shares the highest number of Antrim Senior Hurling Championship titles (17) with McQuillans GAC Ballycastle.
[edit] People
- Bishop Henry Henry (1846–1908) was from Loughguile.
- Cahal Daly (1917–2009), Bishop of Down and Connor and Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, was from Loughguile.
- Monsignor Sean Connolly, Vicar General of the Diocese of Down and Connor, is from Loughguile.
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[edit] References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
