Loughguile
Loughguile, 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. The village had a population of 396 people (128 households) in the 2011 census.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Loughguile • Irish Name — Loch gCaol • Label Position — none • Belfast Distance Mi — 46 • Population — 396 • Population Ref — (2011 census) • Irish Grid Reference — D082250 • Unitary Northern Ireland — Causeway Coast and Glens • Country — Northern Ireland • Post Town — BALLYMENA • Postcode Area — BT • Postcode District — BT44 • Dial Code — 028 • Constituency Westminster — North Antrim • Constituency Ni Assembly — North Antrim • Lieutenancy Northern Ireland — County Antrim • Hide Services — yes • Dublin Distance Mi — 118
Education
Education
The local schools are St Patrick's Primary School and St Anne's Primary School.
Sport
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
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.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Place Names NI - Home. Place Names NI.
- 2.Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- 3.NI Statistics and Research Agency. Loughguile. Census 2011 Results.
- 4.Watters, Andy. Glory Days: Loughgiel Shamrocks break the mould to win the All-Ireland in 1983. The Irish News. 2021-03-03.
- 5.Casey fires Loughgiel to Antrim glory. Irish Independent. 2016-09-26.
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