Loughguile
Appearance
Loughguile
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![]() St Patrick's Catholic church | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 2,000 (2011 Census) |
Irish grid reference | D082250 |
• Belfast | 46 mi (74 km) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BALLYMENA |
Postcode district | BT44 |
Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
Loughguile (/lɒxˈɡiːl/ lokh-GEEL; derived from Irish Loch gCaol, meaning 'thin lake'),[1] also spelt Loughgiel or Loughgeel, is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Situated 8 miles east of Ballymoney it is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area, and is at the edge of the Glens of Antrim. It had a population of 396 people (128 households) in the 2011 Census.[2]
Education
The local school is St Patrick's Primary School.
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 and 2012. The club also currently has the highest number of county titles in Antrim (20).
People
- George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (14 May 1737 – 31 May 1806), British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
- 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 Loughgiel
See also
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References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ^ "Loughguile". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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