Loughguile

Loughguile
Irish: *Loch gCaol*
Loughguile Irish: Loch gCaol;
	St Patrick's Catholic church
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	2,000 (2011 Census)
Irish grid reference	D082250
• Belfast	46 mi (74 km)
• Dublin	118 mi (190 km)
District	Causeway Coast and Glens;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BALLYMENA
Postcode district	BT44
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	North Antrim;
NI Assembly	North Antrim;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 55.061°N 6.306°W

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]

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The local schools are St Patrick's Primary School and St Anne's Primary School.

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).

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.

[1]
Place Names NI
[2]
Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
[3]
"Loughguile". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
[4]
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.

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