Donegall Road

Donegall Road
Irish: Bóthar Dhún na nGall
"Donegall Road" street sign attached to metal railings.
Street sign near Broadway.
Former name(s)Blackstaff Lane
Blackstaff Road
Maintained byBelfast City Council
LocationShaftesbury and Beechmount, Belfast
PostcodesBT12 and BT5
Coordinates54°35′19″N 5°57′24″W / 54.5886°N 5.9567°W / 54.5886; -5.9567
West endFalls Road
Major
junctions
Broadway roundabout:
North → Westlink
Southeast → Boucher Road
South → M1 motorway
Northwest → Broadway
East endShaftesbury Square

The Donegall Road (Irish: Bóthar Dhún na nGall[1]) is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare that runs from Shaftesbury Square on what was once called the "Golden Mile" to the Falls Road in west Belfast. The road is bisected by the WestlinkM1 motorway. The largest section of the road, east of the Broadway junction with the Westlink, has a community which self-identifies as predominantly Protestant while the community on the other side of the WestlinkM1 motorway self-identifies as predominantly Catholic.

  1. ^ "Bóthar Dhún na nGall/Donegal Road". logainm.ie. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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