Douglas Bridge


Douglas Bridge is a small village near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 [United Kingdom census|2021 Census] it had a population of 141. It lies within the Derry City and [Strabane District Council|Derry City and Strabane] area.
The name comes and the English bridge. The settlement straddles the boundaries of the townlands of Drumnahoe, Skinboy, and Knockroe. The modern Irish name is Droichead na Dúghlaise.

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