Bantry
Local name: Beanntraí
Located in County Cork, Munster Coordinates: 51°40′49″ N 9°27′09″ W
- Population
- 2,722
- 2.7K
- Elevation
- 7 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Bantry
Bantry is a village. Location: County Cork, Munster. Population: 2,722. Elevation: 7 m.
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. 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.
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In comparison
- No. 21 of 121 places in County Cork by population
- Nearest larger town: Skibbereen, 19 km SE
- 32 sights and natural places within 10 km Mealagh River, Chapel Island
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Knocknaveagh Mountain, County Cork2.2 km SE
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Sprat Hill Mountain, County Cork3.5 km SE
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Mealagh River River, County Cork1.7 km NE
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Chapel Island Island, County Cork1.9 km NW
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Hog Island Island, County Cork2.4 km NW
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Horse Island Island, County Cork2.5 km NW
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