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Ballinalee or Saint Johnstown (),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown )〕 is a village in north County Longford, Ireland. It is situated on the River Camlin, and falls within the civil parish of Clonbroney.〔 The village name in Irish means "Mouth of the Ford of the Calves". The name "St Johnstown" came from the name of the Church of Ireland Church of St. John. There are two fine Roman Catholic churches in the parish: the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village and the uniquely styled Church of St James in Clonbroney. Ballinalee was the site of the first convent in Ireland at Old Clonbroney. Its remains are still to be seen. The Parochial hall on the Granard road, opened in 1939, is dedicated to the memory of Thomas Ashe, the Irish patriot. The local National School adjacent to the hall is named after St Samhthann. ==History== The St Johnstown borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons was nominally representative of the town. In 1833, the Commissioners appointed by the UK Parliament to inquire into municipal corporations in Ireland reported that the corporation of the borough was "virtually extinct".〔Commissioners 1835, p.1292 ¶23〕 The 1846 ''Parliamentary Gazeteer'' records: In 1798, the town was the scene of a massacre of Irish prisoners of war after the Battle of Ballinamuck in a field now called Bully's Acre. During the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), the town was the scene of the Battle of Ballinalee, where local leader Sean Mac Eoin (sometimes known as the Blacksmith of Ballinalee) was the leader of a well-equipped battalion of 300 men. They held off 900 RIC/British Army for three days. It was the only successful defence of an Irish town against the British forces. Within the parish is the ruins of Old Clonbroney; it was reportedly the home of the first convent in Ireland, which was founded by St Patrick around 440 AD. There are two scenic lakes in the parish. Corbeagh lake, or Currygrane Lough, is situated in the middle of the parish and is located within the townlands of Drumeel Corbeagh and Currygrane. It has four small islands on it and one, called "Round Island," is thought to be a ''Crannog'' or ancient settlement. The other lake is called Gurteen and is situated near the village and adjacent to the Maguire Park. It was also the birthplace of Henry Hughes Wilson, who was the British Chief of the Imperial General Staff before his assassination by Irish Republicans. He was born in Currygrane near the village. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballinalee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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