Ballylough

{{short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

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Ballylough (Baile-an-locha; "the townland of the lake"){{cite web |title=Down Council Area |work=Ulster Placenames |url=http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Down%20Council%20Area%20%28C.%20Dunbar%29.pdf |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522100403/http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Down%20Council%20Area%20%28C.%20Dunbar%29.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies roughly {{convert|5|mi}} 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.{{cite web | title=Ballylough Lake | work=Discover Northern Ireland | url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Ballylough-Lake-Castlewellan-P2497 | access-date=11 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225045410/http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Ballylough-Lake-Castlewellan-P2497 | archive-date=25 February 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}