Place:Aghalee (town), Aghalee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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Aghalee is a village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is three miles from the southeast corner of Lough Neagh on the main road between Lurgan and Antrim and about 13 kilometres west of Lisburn. The village lies on the steep wooded slopes of Friar's Glen and is beside the now disused Lagan Navigational Canal. In the 2001 Census, Aghalee had a population of 774.

Aghalee has several places of worship, a community hall, Orange Hall, GP Surgery, filling station and shop, a Pharmacy and fast food takeaway. The Aghalee Chinese takeaway, 'The China Kitchen', was voted one of the top 5 best takeaways in the UK. The village is also home to a vocational training centre, a nursing home and a children's day nursery. Ulsterbus services link the village with Lisburn, Antrim, Lurgan and Belfast.

The disused Lagan Navigational Canal
Photo taken November 2007 by Aubrey Dale