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°03′40″N 6°18′22″W / 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]

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