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4 unusual facts about Bantry


Bantry

Paris-based Irish-language poet Derry O'Sullivan has written several poems about his native Bantry.

Joseph-Marie Nielly

He reached Bantry Bay, where the Redoutable accidentally collided with the RĂ©solue, destroying her bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen.

Liath Luachra

By this point they have taught him enough that he can survive on his own, and he goes into the king of Bantry's service.

The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn

Subsequent episodes depict his service to the king of Bantry, his recovery of Cumhal's treasures by slaying Liath Luachra (a different character than his caretaker), and his meeting with the aged and dispossessed Fianna who had fought with his father.


Durrus and District History 1700-1900

Prince Louis of Battenberg, future Kaiser arrives in Bantry Bay 1892, when Kaiser he was in Bantry and was welcomed by the Prince of Wales in 1912.

Whiddy Island

Paddy O'Keeffe, the noted Bantry antiquarian's papers are deposited at the Cork City and County Archives, and there are papers relating to Whiddy, the pilchard industry, churches, land tenure and agriculture in Box 7, item 23


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