I found............

The "Dowen Bridge" in Omagh, County Tyrone, refers to a bridge built as
part of the Omagh Hospital Link Road Project, which was an enabling works
package to provide access to a new hospital. This project included the
installation of a significant number of load-bearing piles and sheet piling
for bridge piers.

Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario


On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM Jeanne Towle via CoTyroneList <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anyone have any information about an area close to Omagh that was
> called Dowen?
>
> I have a baptism record from Crossroads Presbyterian Church (now known as
> Mountjoy):
>
> William son to John BEATTIE of Dowen Bridge
> Mother name PETTEN
> 21 Oct 1838
>
> I'm wondering where Dowen is/was specifically. How far from the Church
> might it have been? How far did people travel back then to get to their
> church?
>
> A Google and Google Maps search for Dowen in Tyrone finds nothing.
> I also looked for it on a zoomed-in digital page from the 1985 OSI map of
> the area (thanks again James Huey!) and couldn't find it.
>
> Then I asked Gemini to find something and here's what I was told:
>
> The name "Dowen" is connected to a small stream and an area within County
> Tyrone, particularly near the town of Omagh. It's possible the bridge
> you're thinking of is in that vicinity.
>
> Are there any particular newspapers that might have covered the area
> around that time?
>
> Jeanne Towle
>
>
>
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