Loughguile
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Loughguile is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 13km to the east of Ballymoney. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 321 people. It is situated in Ballymoney Borough Council area.
It is the only settlement serving a large rural hinterland on the eastern side of the Ballymoney Borough Council area, but until recently had only a limited range of services. Prior to construction of the public housing estate at Scally Park in the 1960s, Loughguile was a small cluster of development centred around the church. It was not until 2001 that any significant private housing development took place.
The Millennium Centre on Lough Road, a community regeneration project part-funded by the International Fund for Ireland and opened in 2001, provides high quality and up-to-date childcare, training, industrial and sports facilities.
[edit] People
Cahal Cardinal Daly was a native of Loughguile and was born in October 1917. He retired as Archbishop of Armagh in October 1996.
[edit] References
- NI Neighbourhood Information System
- Draft Northern Area Plan 2016
- Cahal Daly
