2008年4月27日日曜日

キャリクファーガス (Carrickfergus)




Carrickfergus - Declan GalbraithCarrickfergus - Charlotte Church


 

//キャリクファーガス(Carrickfergus)

ャリクファーガスの町は、北アイルランドの1000年近い歴史を色濃く残しつつ、...

...キャリクファーガス城は、12世紀に作られた古城で、アイルランドで最も古く、また最も保存状態の良いノルマン朝に建てられた要塞だ。//


// Carrickfergus

Irish: Carraig Fhearghais

District (pop., 2001: 37,659), northeastern Northern Ireland.

Established in 1974, it lies on Belfast Lough. The name, meaning “rock of Fergus,” commemorates King Fergus, shipwrecked off the coast c. AD 320. Carrickfergus town (pop., 1991: 22,786) is the district seat. Carrickfergus Castle, a relic of the Norman period, sits on a crag above the town; it was a refuge for the Protestants of Antrim in the English Civil Wars.//


 

 

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