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Tóin an tSeanbhaile (Traditionally: ''Tóin a'tSean-bhaile'',〔Irish Placenames Database, archival data - http://www.logainm.ie/Image.aspx?PlaceID=36859&Url=Ref+58\36859.jpg&NoBlock=yes〕 Colloquial (英語:The Valley/Tonatanvally)〔The Placenames Act (Gaeltacht areas), 2007, #248 - http://www.coimisineir.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf〕) is a small village located on the north east point of Achill Island, Ireland. It lies within the Mayo Gaeltacht. ==Geography== Tóin an tSeanbhaile is one of the flattest places on Achill Island,〔Ordnance Survey Ireland - http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,469037,802455,3〕 a shallow plain encircled by low hills〔National Parks and Wildlife service, Site Synopsis of the Natural Heritage Area Doogort East bog - http://www.npws.ie/en/media/Media,4381,en.pdf〕 which is bordered mostly by the sea, with Ridge Point to the north, and Sruhill Lough to the south. To the southeast lies the village of Dún Ibhir (Dooniver), to the west lies Dúmha Goirt (Dugort) and to the south lies Bun an Churraigh (Bunacurry).〔Ordnance Survey Map, detailing townlands - http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,470430,808855,5〕 The bedrock of the area consists mainly of Schist and Gneiss, with lowland blanket bog to the south,〔National Parks and Wildlife service, Site Synopsis of the Natural Heritage Area Doogort East bog - http://www.npws.ie/en/media/Media,4381,en.pdf〕 and machair and rocky seashore to the north and west. The area has a number of lakes, Lough Gall (''Loch Geall'', the bright lake), Loch na mBreac (The lake of the trout), Lough Doo (''Loch Dubh'', The black lake) and Sruhill Lough (a tidal lake).〔Irish Placenames Commission - http://www.logainm.ie/?parentID=36859&typeID=L〕 These lakes have healthy stocks of Brown trout,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fishing and angling on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland )〕 some sea trout, and Lough Gall is also artificially stocked with Rainbow trout. A machair exists near Lough Doo, which has been designated a Special Area of Conservation〔http://www.npws.ie/en/SAC/001497/〕 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, under the European Habitats Directive. The site itself is of international importance in the conservation of mosses and liverworts,〔Mayo County Council - http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/Environment/LeisureAmenities/Beaches/GoldenStrand/〕 with some scarce and rare species, ''Catoscopium nigritum'' and ''Fossombronia incurva'', and is in fact the only location in Ireland that the liverwort ''Leiocolea gillmannii'' has been recorded at.〔National Park and Wildlife Service report -http://www.npws.ie/en/media/Media,4088,en.pdf〕 Much of the southern townland was designated a Natural Heritage Area by Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, in 2007 because of its importance as a hyperoceanic blanket bog habitat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=S.I. No. 516/2007 - Natural Heritage Area (Doogort East Bog NHA 002381) Order 2007 )〕〔http://www.npws.ie/en/media/Media,4381,en.pdf〕 The village itself is broken into a number of smaller subsections - Shruffle, Fóirín, Árdán and the street. These divisions go largely unnoticed through the year until 23 June (St. Johns night), which sees subsection having its own bonfire, as per local tradition.〔Institute of Maritime History, Field report - http://www.maritimehistory.org/content/achill-island-field-report-7-st-john’s-eve-bonfire-night-23 June 2006〕 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「Tóin an tSeanbhaile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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