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Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Originally built in the early 18th century, it has been owned and occupied by the White family (formerly Earls of Bantry) since the mid-18th century. Opened to the public since the 1940s, the house, estate and gardens are a tourist destination in West Cork. [2]
2 retail units, original was 4 bay 2 storey replacing an earlier market house c. 1800, the remains of which can be seen in the town [193] Manorhamilton: Leitrim: 1834: Shop, retail outlet [194] [195] Midleton: Cork: 19th century: Library and court house (formerly town hall) [196] [197] [198] Milltown Malbay: Clare: 19th century: Pub and ...
A number of coastal fortifications were built in County Cork, Ireland, to defend the county's coastline, and in particular the strategic berths at Cork Harbour, Kinsale Harbour, Berehaven and Bantry Bay.
Ballylickey or Ballylicky (Irish: Béal Átha Leice) [1] [2] is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey.
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.
Bantry Bay is a ria, a bay formed from a drowned river valley as a result of a relative rise in sea level.The bay is a deep (approx 40 metres in the middle) and large natural bay, with one of the longest inlets in southwest Ireland, bordered on the north by Beara Peninsula, which separates Bantry Bay from Kenmare Bay.
Kilcrohane (Irish: Cill Chrócháin) [2] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is the last coastal village on the Sheep's Head Peninsula after Durrus and Ahakista. [3] Kilcrohane lies under the 'Shadow of Seefin' (the area's highest hill) and is also close to Caher Mountain. The village overlooks Dunmanus Bay.
Roancarrigmore (Gaeilge: Róncharraig Mhór [1]) is an uninhabited island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland and is home to Roancarrigmore Lighthouse, which was replaced in 2012 by a solar powered lighthouse after 165 years of operation. [2] In September 2016 the lighthouse was put up for sale. [3]