Carrybridge
| Carrybridge | |
| Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
 Carry Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H294373 |
| Location: | 54°17’2"N, 7°32’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 400 (2001) |
| Post town: | Enniskillen |
| Postcode: | BT94 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fermanagh and Omagh |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Carrybridge is a hamlet in Fermanagh, at the northern edge of Upper Lough Erne five miles north-west of Lisnaskea and seven miles south-east of Enniskillen. It is in the townland of Aghnacarra and the Barony of Magherastephana.[1]
Carrybridge serves as a marina and boat hire centre, for taking boats out onto the tangled, enchanting waterways of Upper Lough Erne.
The hamlet is named from a bridge connecting the island of Inishmore in Upper Lough Erne with the lough shore. The bridge is named from the townland of Carry on the island, which name translates as 'causeway' or 'rocky ford', perhaps referring to a feature replaced by the bridge.[1]
The village has a Church of Ireland church, Derryharney Church, and the Carrybridge Hotel. Here too is the bridge over the narrows at the outflow from Upper Lough Erne.[2]
History
On 11/12 December 1956, the bridge was badly damaged by a thirty-five pound mine which had been planted there by the Irish Republican Army during their 1956 campaign. Two unarmed civilians Eddie McGoldrick and Terrence Baxter died here in 1974.[3]
RNLI
In 2002 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) based a lifeboat on Upper Lough Erne at Carrybridge, to work in conjunction with the original lifeboat station on Lower Lough Erne at Killadeas. It was in temporary accommodation, but in March 2015 RNLI opened their first permanent inland lifeboat station at Carrybridge. The local community helped the charity raise £60,000 towards the cost.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carry Bridge - Placenames NI
- ↑ Sanderson, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. p. 152. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6.
- ↑ Bowyer Bell, J. (1997). The Secret Army: The IRA. Edison, NJ: Transaction Publishers. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-1-56000-901-6. https://archive.org/details/secretarmyira00bell/page/289.
- ↑ McAloon, Nuala. "RNLI’s first permanent inland lifeboat station now complete at Carrybridge". http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/RNLIs-first-permanent-inland-lifeboat-station-now-complete-at-Carrybridge.aspx. Retrieved 19 April 2015.