Ballylough

Ballylough
Ballylough
	Ballylough private fishing lough
	Location within County Down
District	Down;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	South Down;
NI Assembly	South Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°16′01″N 5°55′59″W / 54.267°N 5.933°W

Ballylough (Baile-an-locha; "the townland of the lake")^[1] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Newcastle and just east of Castlewellan and northeast of Annsborough.

It is situated beside Ballylough Lake, popular for fishing for rainbow trout and run by Castlewellan and Annsborough Angling Club.^[2]

^ "Down Council Area" (PDF). Ulster Placenames. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ "Ballylough Lake". Discover Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.