Cloghy Irish:Clochaigh
Location withinCounty Down
Population	1,075 (2011 Census)
District	Ards and North Down Borough
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTONARDS
Postcode district	BT22
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°25′N5°28′W / 54.417°N 5.467°W /54.417; -5.467

Cloghy^[1][2] (/ˈklɔːxiː/KLAWKH-ee; fromIrishClochaigh, meaning 'stony place'),^[1][2] also speltCloughy^[2] orCloughey,^[3] is a smallvillage inCounty Down,Northern Ireland. It lies on the east (Irish Sea) coast of theArds Peninsula, in theArds and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,075 people in the 2011 Census.^[4]

• Kirkistown Castle, an impressivetower house built in 1622 by Roland Savage. It post-dates thePlantation but is fully in the late medieval tower-house tradition. Parts of thebawn wall survive with three-quarter round flanker towers at the angles. The tower was remodelled in gothic style in 1800. The Environment and Heritage Service opened it to the public for the first time in 2001.
• The nearby South and North Rocks have always been deemed two of the most deadly hazards off the coast of the Ards Peninsula. In the 25 years between 1875 and 1900, 75 boats and 29 men were lost.

Cloghy is classified as a small village by theNorthern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 752 people living in Cloghy. Of these:

• 20.7% were aged under 16 years and 23.7% were aged 60 and over
• 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female
• 74.6% were from aProtestant background and 20.5% were from aCatholic background
• 2.6% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

TheKirkistown Circuit motor racing venue is just over a mile from the village.

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