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Ranelagh ( , locally pronounced ; ) is a residential area and urban village on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the postal district of Dublin 6. ==History== The district was originally a village just outside Dublin, surrounded by landed estates. In the early years of the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1649) the area was the scene of skirmishes culminating in the Battle of Rathmines in August 1649. After the Irish united with the Royalists against the Parliamentarians, an attempt was made to take Dublin. Their army under Ormonde was defeated, many of them killed, and the place where they fell (mainly between Rathmines and Ranelagh) was known for a long time as the Bloody Fields.〔F. Elrington Ball: A History of the County Dublin. 1903. Part II. page 103 et passim〕 In 1785, only two years after the first manned flight, Richard Crosbie successfully flew in a hot air balloon from Ranelagh Gardens to Clontarf. The 225th anniversary of his flight was commemorated with a balloon flight from the same gardens on 23 January 2010 although due to adverse weather the balloon did not take off.〔(Ranelagh Arts Festival )〕 The area was incorporated into the expanding city in the 19th century, after which massive development took place. In March 2013, Lenny Abrahamson, Irish film and television director, filmed part of his movie "Frank" on Cowper Gardens and Park Drive of Ranelagh. The park in London, Ranelagh Gardens, was named after Ranelagh House, home of the Cole family, who took their title (Earls of Ranelagh) from the district in County Dublin. 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「Ranelagh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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