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Douglas Bridge

Coordinates: 54°45′24″N 07°25′17″W / 54.75667°N 7.42139°W / 54.75667; -7.42139
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For the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, D.C., see Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.

Douglas Bridge is a small village near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 81 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area.[1]

The name comes from Irish Dúglas 'black stream' and the English bridge. Douglas is the townland in which the village lies. The modern Irish name is Droichead na Dúghlaise.[2]

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The poem "Ballad of Douglas Bridge" by Francis Carlin appears in Anthology of Irish Verse, 1922, by Padraic Colum.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Douglas Bridge". NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland"
  3. ^ "Ballad of Douglas Bridge"

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