Carrybridge, also Carry Bridge, is a

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. It is north-west of

Lisnaskea Lisnaskea () is the second-biggest settlement in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the townland of Lisoneill, with some areas in the townland of Castle Balfour Demesne, both in the civil parish of Aghalurcher and th ...

and south-east of

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. It is situated in the

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of Aghnacarra in the

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Derrybrusk Derrybrusk is a civil parish and townland (of 204 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The civil parish is mainly situated in the historic barony of Tirkennedy with a small portion (the two townlands of Aghnacarra and Gola) in the ba ...

and the historic

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Magherastephana Magherastephana is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its south-west lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Tirkennedy to the west; Knockninny to the south-west; and Coole to the south; Clankelly to ...

. The hamlet is named from a bridge connecting the island of

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with the mainland. 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. It serves as a

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and boat hire centre. The area contains Derryharney

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and the Carrybridge Hotel, as well as the bridge over the narrows at the outflow from

History

On 11/12 December 1956, the bridge was damaged by a thirty-five pound mine which had been planted there by the

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during their 1956 campaign. Two unarmed civilians Eddie McGoldrick and Terrence Baxter died here in 1974.

RNLI

In 2002 the

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(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.

References

External links

Carrybridge Lakeside Lodge
{{authority control Villages in County Fermanagh Civil parish of Derrybrusk