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Musgrave Park is a public park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in the south west of the city, in Ballygammon townland off Stockman's Lane, the surrounding area is a mix of trading estates and residential housing, with the M1 motorway passing close to one end. Facilities include a bowling pavilion, playing fields, walks, nature areas and bottle banks.〔(Belfast City Council - Musgrave Park )〕 Since 2010, it has been developing a therapy garden.〔(Belfast Telegraph, new therapy garden at Musgrave Park, video )〕〔(Keep Britain Tidy )〕 The adjoining Musgrave Park Hospital specialises in rehabilitation for all ages.〔(Musgrave Park Hospital )〕 Grovelands, a smaller park running alongside and to the south, is connected to Musgrave by the main pathway which runs through both.〔(Belfast City Council, Grovelands )〕 ==Gift by Henry Musgrave== The land on which Musgrave Park was built was donated to Belfast in 1921 by Henry Musgrave (1827-1922).〔〔 It was another three years before the park was open to the public. 250 gardeners worked during this time to landscape the ground, as part of a job creation scheme.〔 The park was opened in 1924 by Lady Edith Dixon, who was later herself to donate Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park to the city.〔 The Musgrave family made their fortune in great part through the Ulster Convector Stove, used for heating and ventilation processes worldwide during the 19th and 20th centuries.〔(A history of the Musgrave family in Belfast )〕 The Musgraves were a philanthropic family and the park is not the only landmark that bears their name. Musgrave Channel in Belfast harbour is named in honour of a brother of Henry Musgrave, Sir James Musgrave, who was chairman of Belfast Harbour Board.〔 Sir James also founded the chair of pathology at Queen's College, Belfast,〔(Report of the President of Queen's College, Belfast, 1903-04 )〕 now Queen's University. Henry was the longest living son of the Musgraves. Out of twelve children, none of whom married, he was the last to survive, and he spent much of his later years involved in charitable works. He was a governor of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, a life governor of the Royal Victoria Hospital, an active member of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society. He left bequests to support students at Queen's University, especially those studying pathology, with awards such as the (Musgrave Scholarship ),〔(Queen's University of Belfast, Musgrave Studentship )〕 which are still ongoing. (His portrait ) hangs in the Examination Hall of Queen's University. As well as donating Musgrave Park, when Henry Musgrave died on 2 January 1922, he bequeathed his own garden to Belfast Corporation, now Belfast City Council, so that it could be made into a children's play park, Drumglass Park on the Lisburn Road,〔(Belfast City Council - Drumglass Park )〕 approximately 1.2 miles to the north east of Musgrave Park. 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「Musgrave Park, Belfast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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