Loughguile

Loughguile
County Antrim
St Patrick's Roman Catholic church
Location
Grid reference:	D082250
Location:	55°3’40"N, 6°18’22"W
Data
Population:	2,000  (2011)
Post town:	Ballymena
Postcode:	BT44
Dialling code:	028
Local Government
Council:	Causeway Coast & Glens
Parliamentary constituency:	North Antrim

Loughguile is a small village in County Antrim, which is to be found eight miles east of Ballymoney, at the edge of the Antrim Hills. It had a population of 396 people (in 128 households) recorded at the 2011 Census.

The village's name is derived from the Irish Loch gCaol, meaning "Thin lake". The name is also spelled 'Loughgiel' or 'Loughgeel'.

Sport

• Hurling: Loughgiel Shamrocks

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Loughguile)