Introducing Bantry
Vast Bantry Bay, framed by the craggy Caha Mountains, has an epic quality that you can’t help but marvel at. The town’s past is one of mixed fortunes: poverty and mass emigration were followed by unexpected prosperity when Gulf Oil built an oil terminal on Whiddy Island. A second source of riches also comes from the bay: you’ll see Bantry oysters and mussels on menus throughout County Cork.
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The town narrowly missed a place in history during the late 18th century, when storms prevented a French fleet landing to join the United Irishmen’s rebellion. A local Englishman, Richard White, was rewarded with a peerage for alerting the British military in Cork. His grand home is now the town’s main attraction.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Cork/Kerry or Clare/Galway/Connemara
by gravilea 25 August 2011
Cork to Bantry along the coastal road....amazing, amazing....We really enjoyed seeing Kinsale too, good restaurants there.From that area…
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RE: Good base for Cork / Kerry
by PhilipD 23 August 2011
Kenmare or Bantry would be the most central for what you are looking for. Kenmare is nice, but quite expensive, Bantry is more of a 'regula…
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RE: Good base for Cork / Kerry
by yofletch 23 August 2011
Kerry : Kenmare, Killarney Cork : Skibbereen, Bantry
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