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Loughguile

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Population
  
396 (2011 Census)

County
  
County Antrim

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 2:33 PM

Province
  
Ulster

Ni assembly
  
North Antrim

Irish grid reference
  
D082250

Country
  
Northern Ireland

Post town
  
BALLYMENA

District
  
Ballymoney

Dialling code
  
28

UK parliament constituency
  
North Antrim

Loughguile

Weather
  
13°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 66% Humidity

Loughguile (/lɒxˈɡiːl/ lokh-GEEL; derived from Irish: Loch gCaol, meaning "thin lake"), also spelt Loughgiel or Loughgeel, is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.Situated 8 miles east of Ballymoney is within the Ballymoney Borough 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.

Contents

Map of Loughguile, Ballymena, UK

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
  • Caolan McKendry, Living Legend, is from Loughgiel

    • References

    Loughguile Wikipedia
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