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Boa Island ()〔(Placenames Database of Ireland )〕 is an island near the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boa Island – Carved figures – Lower Lough Erne )〕 It is 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from Enniskillen town. It is the largest island in Lough Erne, approximately 5 miles (8 km) long,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Find Fermanagh )〕 and relatively narrow. The A47 road goes through the length of the island. This road joins each end of the island to the mainland by bridges leading west toward Castle Caldwell and east toward Kesh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boa ) 〕 Boa Island features a counterscarp rath (grid ref: H0744 6250) as well as carved stones, graveyard and enclosure (grid ref: H0852 6197), all in Dreenan townland and all Scheduled Historic Monuments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=NI Environment Agency )〕 The Lustymore stone figure was moved here in 1939 from the nearby island of that name. The oldest stone monument on the island is a denuded cairn at Inishkeeragh Bridge near the southern tip of the island.〔 ==Name of the island== Boa Island is named after Badhbh, sometimes spelled, Badb, the Celtic goddess of war. Badhbh sometimes took the form of a carrion crow, most notably on the shoulder of the warrior, Cúchulainn, after he died in battle.〔 At other times she is depicted as a wolf. She is one of a triad of Celtic war goddesses that included her sisters, Macha and Morrigan. They were born to a mother goddess, Ernmas, who is mentioned in ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' and ''Cath Maige Tuired'' as one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Badb is said to have caused confusion among the enemy in battles, providing victories to her side. Battlefields were named, ''the land of the Badb'', by the Celts in Ireland. 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「Boa Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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