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Ballyraine ((アイルランド語:Baile Raithin)) is a district of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, located in the parish of Aughaninshin. Ballyraine Linear Park is found here. Ballyraine National School, a co-educational primary school which is under joint management of the Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church, is also located in the area.〔(Ballyraine National School – Official site )〕 Physical distance from the town centre, lack of permeability and lack of neighbourhood facilities result in an isolated neighbourhood with high dependency on car usage for daily conveniences.〔(Draft Letterkenny Plan 2009 – 2015 Volume 1 )〕 ==History== The area has a rich maritime past. In 1824, when the first description of Letterkenny as a modern town was written, it was stated that: ''"Within half a mile is the Port of Ballyraine, whither vessels of 100 tons bring iron, salt and colonial produce and whence they export hides and butter"''. Port Ballyraine would have seen the regular importation of timber to the building trade and also the poles to carry out the Electrification of Rural Ireland programme during the 1930s.〔(Polestar at Port Bridge )〕 The port was closed to commercial shipping in the 1960s. The 19th-century shipping warehouses were demolished in 2001,〔(Only Warehouse Architecture remains )〕 a coal yard remains at the Port Bridge.〔The Port – A Short Illustrated History of Port Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Published by John Baird, 2002〕 The Polestar monument located on the Port Bridge Roundabout serves as a reminder of the area's past. Created by Locky Morris, Its shape alludes to the outline of a boat, as well as having a locomotive (train track) theme, to commemorate the fact that both forms of transportation played a major part in the town's development in the past. In 1990, due to the growing population of the area, it was deemed necessary to construct a church. The Church of the Irish Martyrs was completed in 1994 and became the first church in Ireland to be named after the Irish Catholic Martyrs.〔(Church of the Irish Martyrs )〕 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「Ballyraine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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