Bantry Bay, a deep inlet in the south-western extremity of Ireland, in County Cork. It is 25 miles long, running ENE., with a breadth of 4 to 6 miles. It is one of the finest harbours in Europe, affording safe and commodious anchorage for ships of all sizes. Here a French force attempted to land in 1796. The coast around is rocky and high.
Bantry Bay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 720
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