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  2. Bantry Bay - Wikipedia

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    Adrigole, Bantry, Ballylickey, Castletownbere, Glengarriff. Bantry Bay ( Irish: Bá Bheanntraí) [1] is a bay located in County Cork, Ireland. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 mi) from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3-to-4 km (1.8-to-2.5 miles) wide at the head and 10 km (6.2 mi) wide at the entrance.

  3. Bantry - Wikipedia

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    Bantry ( Irish: Beanntraí, meaning ' (place of) Beann's people') is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for 30 km (19 mi) to the west. The Beara Peninsula is to the northwest, with Sheep's ...

  4. Glengarriff - Wikipedia

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    Glengarriff ( Irish: An Gleann Garbh, meaning 'the rough glen') [2] is a village of approximately 140 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it has a number of natural attractions. It sits at the northern head of Glengarriff Bay, a smaller enclave of ...

  5. Whiddy Island - Wikipedia

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    Whiddy Island ( Irish: Oileán Faoide) [ 2] is an island near the head of Bantry Bay in Ireland. It is approximately 5.6 km (3.5 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) wide. The topography comprises gently-rolling glacial till, with relatively fertile soil. [ 3] As late as 1880 the island had a resident population of around 450, mainly engaged in fishing ...

  6. Whiddy Island disaster - Wikipedia

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    Whiddy Island Oil Terminal, taken in 2003: The view is from the north side of Bantry Bay. The three small objects in the water on the extreme right are the remnants of the concrete jetty. Military and civilian personnel were mobilised from all over Ireland to respond to the disaster. The incident was the subject of agonised debate in the Dáil ...

  7. French expedition to Ireland (1796) - Wikipedia

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    Despite the disappearance of its commanders the French fleet continued to Bantry Bay, sailing through both high winds and thick fog, which delayed its arrival until 21 December. [24] While Bouvet sailed for Ireland, Fraternité crossed the Western Approaches in search of the fleet, accompanied by Nestor, Romaine and Cocarde. [24]

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