Loughinisland

Loughinisland
Loughinisland is located in County Down
Loughinisland
Location within County Down
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDOWNPATRICK
Postcode districtBT30
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°20′17″N 5°49′23″W / 54.33806°N 5.82306°W / 54.33806; -5.82306

Loughinisland (/ˌlɒxɪnˈlənd/ LOKH-in-EYE-lənd, from Irish Loch an Oileáin 'lake of the island')[2] is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is between Downpatrick and Ballynahinch, about 21 miles (34 kilometres) south of Belfast.

  1. ^ Inch Abbey – Ulster-Scots translation Archived 25 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine DOE. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2010.