Ballylough

Village in County Down, Northern Ireland

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

List of places: UK; Northern Ireland; Down

54°16′01″N 5°55′59″W / 54.267°N 5.933°W / 54.267; -5.933

Ballylough (Baile-an-locha; "the townland of the lake")^[1] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Newcastle and just east of Castlewellan and northeast of Annsborough.

It is situated beside Ballylough Lake, popular for fishing for rainbow trout and run by Castlewellan and Annsborough Angling Club.^[2]

References

^ "Down Council Area" (PDF). Ulster Placenames. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ "Ballylough Lake". Discover Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.