Place:Bantry, Kilmocomoge, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

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NameBantry
Alt namesBeanntraísource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates51.683°N 9.45°W
Located inKilmocomoge, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Bantry 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 to the west. The Beara Peninsula is to the northwest, with Sheep's Head peninsula to the southwest.

The focus of the town is a large square, formed partly by infilling of the shallow inner harbour. In former times, this accommodated regular cattle fairs; after modernising as an urban plaza, it now features a weekly market and occasional public functions. Two piers protect the harbour.

Bantry is in the Dáil constituency of Cork South-West.

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