Camlough

Camlough
Main Street, Camlough, 2009
Camlough is located in Northern Ireland
Camlough
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,074 (2011 Census)
• Belfast35 mi (56 km)
• Dublin58 mi (93 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWRY
Postcode districtBT35
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Armagh
54°10′50″N 6°24′39″W / 54.1805°N 6.4109°W / 54.1805; -6.4109

Camlough (/ˈkæm.lɒx/ KAM-lokh; from Irish Camloch, meaning 'crooked lake')[2] is a village west of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is named after a lake, known as the Cam Lough. South of the village is Camlough Mountain (or Slieve Girkin), part of the Ring of Gullion[3] and is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Camlough had a population of 1,074 at the 2011 Census.[4]

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  2. ^ Place Names NI
  3. ^ See Census 2011 – Headcount and Household Estimates for Settlements published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, available at http://www.sra.gov.census/2011/results/settlements.html
  4. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Camlough Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. © Crown copyright.