Loughguile

Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

List of places: UK; Northern Ireland; Antrim

55°03′40″N 6°18′22″W / 55.061°N 6.306°W / 55.061; -6.306

Loughguile (/lɒxˈɡiːl/ lokh-GEEL; from Irish Loch gCaol, meaning 'lake of the narrow'),^[1]^[2] also spelt Loughgiel, is a 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.^[3]

Education

The local schools are St Patrick's Primary School and St Anne'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.^[4] 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.
Henry Henry (1846–1908), Bishop of Down and Connor, was from Loughguile.
Cahal Daly (1917–2009), Lord Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, was a native of the parish. Daly had previously served as Bishop of Down and Connor.

References

^ Place Names NI
^ 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.
^ Watters, Andy (3 March 2021). "Glory Days: Loughgiel Shamrocks break the mould to win the All-Ireland in 1983". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 June 2022.