placenamesLoughguile
Loch gCaol
Lewis’s account records a local limestone trade and a dispensary reaching patients unable to attend.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Loch gCaol · Irish · main form
- Loughguile · English · main form
Place & story
Quarrying and burning limestone
Samuel Lewis recorded limestone quarried and burned into lime in Loughguile parish in 1837, supporting what he described as a considerable trade. He also noted plentiful bog turf. These were activities across the wider parish, which extended into both Upper Dunluce and Kilconway baronies. [2]
A dispensary beyond its doorway
The parish dispensary supplied medicine and advice to poor people. Lewis added that patients who could not attend were visited in their own homes. His short account therefore records home visits as part of the local provision of medical care. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Dunluce Upper
- Barony
- Kilconway
- Coordinates
- 55.06097, -6.33771 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 61309 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Loughguile. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Loughguile or Loughgeel: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.