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Irish: Bóthar Dhún na nGall | |
Former name(s) | Blackstaff Lane Blackstaff Road |
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Maintained by | Belfast City Council |
Location | Shaftesbury and Beechmount, Belfast |
Postcodes | BT12 and BT5 |
Coordinates | 54°35′19″N 5°57′24″W / 54.5886°N 5.9567°W |
West end | Falls Road |
Major junctions | Broadway roundabout: North → Westlink Southeast → Boucher Road South → M1 motorway Northwest → Broadway |
East end | Shaftesbury 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 Westlink – M1 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 Westlink – M1 motorway self-identifies as predominantly Catholic.