Tsibirin Fota

**Fota** (rubutun doka **Foaty** ; Irish)   tsibiri ne a Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland, arewa da babban tsibirin Great Island . Ita ce gidan Fota Wildlife Park - wurin shakatawa na dabbobi ko na dabbobi kaɗai (banda Dublin Zoo) a ƙasar-, Gidan Tarihi na Fota da Lambuna, da kuma Fota Island Golf Club and Resort. Tsibirin ya ƙunshi garuruwa biyu, duka ana kiransu Foaty; ɗaya yana cikin cocin farar hula na Clonmel (rabin yammacin Great Island) ɗayan kuma yana cikin cocin farar hula na Carrigtohill (a babban yankin).  

## Suna
Ko da yake *Foaty* shine rubutun da aka gyara a ƙarni na sha tara ta hanyar Ordnance Survey of Ireland, *Fota* yanzu ya zama ruwan dare gama gari. Asalin sunan ba shi da tabbas.  Yana iya zama asalin Hiberno-Norse, tare da siffa ta biyu ta Old Norse  "tsibirin"; Donnchadh Ó Corráin yana ba da shawarar  "tsibirin ƙafa", daga matsayinsa a bakin Kogin Lee ƙasa daga birnin Cork ; wasu nassoshi na zamanin da suna da *-r-* a cikin sunan.  Ó Corráin yana shakkar ƙa'idodin Gaelic da aka gabatar,  "gidan sod",  "dumi mai dumi", da kuma  "lalace/bushe". 

## Gidan Fota da Lambuna

### Gidan Fota

**Gidan Fota** shine tsohon gidan dangin Smith-Barry ( Earls na Barrymore tun 1627), zuriyar Philip de Barry . Iyalan de Barry sun fito ne daga Wales a matsayin wani ɓangare na mamayar Norman a Ireland . An ba wa iyalan filayen a Fota da kuma wasu wurare a 1185. Iyalan sun fara zama a Barryscourt Castle, Carrigtwoill, sannan a Castlelyons inda suke da filaye masu yawa. Fota House asalinsa masaukin farauta ne kuma ya zama babban gidan iyalin a shekarun 1820 lokacin da mai zane, Sir Richard Morrison (1767–1849) da ɗansa Vetruvius Morrison (1794–1838),  suka ƙirƙiri gidan sarauta na yanzu mai ɗakuna sama da 70. 

Mamba ta ƙarshe a cikin dangin Smith-Barry da ta zauna a Fota House ita ce Dorothy Bell (1894–1975), 'yar Arthur Smith-Barry, Baron Barrymore na 1 (1843–1925). Ta ci gaba da haɓakawa da yin rikodin tarin tsire-tsire a cikin lambuna da kuma a cikin arboretum, wanda iyalinta suka fara a cikin shekarun 1840. Bayan mutuwar Bell a shekarar 1975, an sayar da kadarorin ga Kwalejin Jami'a, Cork .

A ƙarshen ƙarni na 20, gidan ya faɗi cikin wani yanayi na rashin gyara - wanda ya kai ga rugujewar rufin gida. Wannan ya rufe gidan ga jama'a na ɗan lokaci. An gyara shi ta hanyar amfani da kuɗaɗen EU, gwamnatin Ireland da na masu zaman kansu, kafin a sake buɗe shi a farkon 2002. A watan Disamba na 2007, sabuwar Hukumar Kula da Gidaje ta Irish Heritage ta ɗauki nauyin Gidan Fota. 

### Lambunan Fota

**Lambunan Fota** suna cikin filin gidan Fota. Waɗannan sun ƙunshi wani tsari mai kama da arboretum, lambu mai katanga da baranda . Lambunan sun haɗa da bishiyoyi da bishiyoyi masu ban mamaki da ba a saba gani ba, tare da lambun fure mai faɗi.

Tsarin da tsarin lambun da lambuna sun samo asali ne daga zamanin dangin Smith-Barry, waɗanda suka fahimci muhimmancin wurin da Fota ke da mafaka da kuma ƙasar ɗumi - "Fota" an samo shi ne daga "Fód te" na Irish, ma'ana ƙasa mai ɗumi. Yanayin ya dace da girma da noman wasu bishiyoyi da tsire-tsire masu ban mamaki.

## Sufuri
Ta hanyar jirgin ƙasa, tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Fota ce ke kula da tsibirin, wadda aka buɗe a ranar 1 ga Yuli 1865. 

A kan hanya, Fota tana kudu da hanyar N25 daga Cork zuwa Rosslare . Ana iya isa gare ta kai tsaye ta hanyar Cobh da Carrigtwohill akan titin yanki na R624 - wanda ke gudana daga Tullagreen (N25 Southside Carrigtwohill-Cobh mahadar) zuwa tsakiyar garin Cobh .

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