Killough

Killough
Irish: *Cill Locha*
Killough Irish: Cill Locha;
	Location within County Down
Population	845 (2001 Census)
District	Newry, Mourne and Down (formerly Down);
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOWNPATRICK
Postcode district	BT30
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Down;
NI Assembly	South Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°15′00″N 5°37′59″W / 54.25°N 5.633°W

Killough (/kɪˈlɒx/ ki-LOKH; from Irish Cill Locha, meaning 'church of the loch')^[1]^[2] is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick. It is a conservation area^[3] notable for its sycamore-lined main street. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 845 people.^[4]

^ "Placenames NI". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ Placenames Database of Ireland
^ "Conservation Area Guide - Killough | Department for Infrastructure". Infrastructure. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service