Bantry Bay is a bay located in southwest Ireland, in County Cork. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 miles) 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 miles) wide at the entrance. File links The following pages link to this file: Bantry Bay ... In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ...

Geographic features

The bay is a deep and large natural harbor, with one of the longest inlets in southwest Ireland, bordered on the north by Beara Peninsula, which separates Bantry Bay from Kenmare Bay. The southern boundary is Sheep's Head Peninsula, separating Bantry Bay from Dunmanus Bay. The main islands in the bay are Bere Island and Whiddy Island. Bere Island is located near the entrance to the bay on the north side, across from the villages Curryglass, and Castletown Bearhaven. The town of Rerrin is the largest settlement on the island. The village of Ballynakilla is also located there. Whiddy Island is at the head of the bay near the south shore. It is the main petroleum terminus for Ireland, the harbor ideally suited for large ocean going tankers. ConocoPhillips now maintains a Single Point Mooring (SPM) at the Whiddy Island oil terminal. The Beara peninsula in Ireland is the southernmost of the main peninsulas on the south-west coast. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... Sheeps Head Sheeps Head, also known as Muntervary (Rinn Mhuintir Bháire in Irish), is the headland at the end of the peninsula between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland. ... Location of Bere Island Bere Island (Irish: An tOileán Mór) is an island in the west of County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. ... Whiddy Island is an island in Bantry Bay, Ireland. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Oil companies of the United States | Fortune 500 companies | Companies based in Texas ...

Towns and villages around the bay include: Adrigole, Bantry, Ballylickey, Cahermore, Cappanolsha, Castletownbere (Castletown Bearhaven), Curryglass, Foilakill, Gerahies, and Glengarriff. Main routes that follow parts of the bay include the R572 (part of the "Ring of Beara") and the N71. The Bantry Bay Golf Club is at the head of the bay, across from Whiddy Island. The O'Sullivan Beara Castle Dunboy is just across from Bere Island. "Copper John" Puxley's Manor is in Dunboy. Adrigole, or Eádargoil, is an Irish village situated on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, in the southwest of the country. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... Ballylickey is a village in County Cork, Ireland. ... Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra town crest Castletownbere (Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra in Irish) is a town in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. ... Glengarriff (Gleann Garbh in Irish, meaning Rough glen) is a village of approximately 600 people in the south-west region of County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. ... Whiddy Island is an island in Bantry Bay, Ireland. ... Dunboy Castle was a stronghold of the OSullivan Bere, a Gaelic clan leader and Chief of Dunboy. The castle is located on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland and was built to guard and defend the harbour of Bearhaven. ...

History

The town of Bantry, at the head of the bay, is associated with the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as being the place where an earlier attempt to land launch a rebellion was made by a French fleet, including Wolfe Tone in December 1796. The French fleet consisting of 43 ships carrying 15,000 troops had divided mid-Atlantic into smaller groups to avoid interception by the Royal Navy with orders to reform at Bantry Bay. The bulk of the fleet arrived successfully, but several ships, including the flagship Fraternité carrying General Hoche were delayed. While awaiting their arrival, bad weather intervened and the lack of leadership, together with uneasiness at the prospect of being trapped, forced the decision to return to France. The square in Bantry is today named after Wolfe Tone. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798 in Irish), or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British dominated Kingdom of Ireland. ... Look up rebellion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Theobald Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone (20 June 1763 - 19 November 1798) was a leading figure in the Irish independence movement. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... Louis Lazare Hoche (June 24, 1768 - September 19, 1797) was a French general. ... Theobald Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone (20 June 1763 - 19 November 1798) was a leading figure in the Irish independence movement. ...

Anchor from the French Armada of 1796, discovered off northeast of Whiddy island, Bantry Bay, 1981

A longboat used in a French scouting landing, lay in Bantry House until 1944, when it was presented to the National Museum of Ireland. It was lent to the Maritime Institute of Ireland who exhibited it in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire, where a scale model is now displayed. It is currently (2006) being restored at the Liverpool Museum. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 547 KB) Summary French armada anchor, 1796. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 547 KB) Summary French armada anchor, 1796. ... Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is the main museum in Ireland. ... The National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners Church in Haigh Terrace, near the centre of Dún Laoghaire. ... Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation ; anglicised spelling Dunleary, pronunciation ) is a suburban seaside town and a ferry port situated some 12 km south of Dublin city centre, and is the administrative centre of the county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. ... The Liverpool Museum in Liverpool is one of Britains finest museums, with extensive collections and special attractions including the award-winning hands-on Natural History Centre and the Planetarium. ...

On January 8, 1979, 50 people were killed when a French oil tanker, the Betelgeuse, was offloading at Whiddy Island when it caught fire, exploded, and broke into three pieces. The bay has had numerous shipwrecks over the years. In 1981, while clean up efforts using sonar sweeps for the Betelgeuse were under way, the wreck of the French frigate La Surveillante, which had been scuttled during a storm north of Whiddy Island on 2 January 1797, was found. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A tanker is usually a vehicle carrying large amounts of liquid fuel. ... Whiddy Island is an island in Bantry Bay, Ireland. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) â€” or sonar â€” (the British used Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (ASDIC) until 1948) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Geographical stats

• Latitude: 51°42' N (51.700), Longitude: 9°28' W (-8.533), UNCTAD code: IEBYT

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See also

• Durrus and District History.

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External links

• Beara Tourism
• Port of Bantry Bay
• Integrated Geophysical Surveys of The French Frigate La Surveillante (1797) pdf
• Byrne Ó Cléirigh Bantry Oil Terminal site