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Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. Waterford City and County Council retains administrative offices in the town.〔http://www.waterfordcoco.ie/en/localauthorities/waterfordcountycouncil/publications/corporateplan2010-2014/countywaterfordincontext/〕〔p. 124: ''The new local electoral area in the west of the county acknowledges the position and status of Dungarvan, which is currently the 'county' town of Waterford County Council and has a town council.''〕 The town's Irish name means "Garbhann's fort", referring to Saint Garbhann who founded a church there in the seventh century.〔()〕 The town lies on the N25 road (European route E30), which connects Cork, Waterford and Rosslare Europort. Dungarvan is situated at the mouth of the Colligan River, which divides the town into two parishes - that of Dungarvan to the west, and that of Abbeyside to the east -, these being connected in three places by a causeway and single-span bridge built by the Dukes of Devonshire starting 1801;〔http://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/exhibit/web/Display/article/307/1/ Key Dates in the History of Dungarvan, Waterford County Museum〕 by an old railway bridge; and by a ring-road causeway and bridge. A friary in Abbeyside, founded by Augustinians in the 13th century, is partially incorporated with the structure of a 20th-century Roman Catholic church. One of the most significant colleges in the town was also founded by these Augustinians whose order survives and maintains an Augustinian church nearer to the Main Street.〔http://www.thefriarydungarvan.ie/aboutus.shtml About Us, Saint Augustines Church, Dungarvan〕 In everyday local usage, "Dungarvan" is taken to refer to the western, less suburban half of the town, where the administrative buildings and shopping areas are situated. A castle, commissioned around the 12th-13th centuries by King John of England, stands by the harbour. But no trace of the walls John built remain. ==History== Dungarvan was incorporated in the 15th century, was represented by two members in the Irish Parliament until the Act of Union in 1801, and returned one member to the Westminster Parliament until 1885. Unlike nearby Waterford and Duncannon, Dungarvan surrendered without a siege in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–53). The 1921 Burgery ambush, an incident in the Irish War of Independence, took place near the town. File:Dungarvan Bay.jpg|Dungarvan harbour File:Dungarvan ireland church.JPG|The old cemetery in Dungarvan File:Dungarvan ireland bridge.jpg|Devonshire Bridge File:Dungarvan Castle.jpg|Dungarvan Castle 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「Dungarvan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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