Douglas Bridge
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Douglas Bridgeis a smallvillagenearStrabaneinCounty Tyrone,Northern Ireland.In the2011 Censusit had a population of 124.[1]It lies within theDerry City and Strabanearea.[2]
The name comes fromIrishdúglas'black stream' and the Englishbridge.The settlement straddles the boundaries of thetownlandsofDrumnahoe,Skinboy,andKnockroe.The modern Irish name isDroichead na Dúghlaise.[3]
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The poem "Ballad of Douglas Bridge" by Francis Carlin appears inAnthology of Irish Verse,1922, byPadraic Colum.[4]
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[edit]- ^"Douglas Bridge (Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".citypopulation.de.Retrieved15 November2021.
- ^"Douglas Bridge".NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements.
- ^"Placenames Database of Ireland"
- ^"Ballad of Douglas Bridge"
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