Bantry Bay
a deep inlet in the S.
W. extremity of Ireland, in County Cork.
It is 25 miles long, running E.
N. E. with a breadth of 4 to 6 miles. At the head of the bay is the seaport Bantry, a famous summer resort.
Pop. about 3,500. It is one of the finest harbors harbors in Europe, affording safe and for ships of all sizes . Here a French force attempted to land in 1796. The coast around is rocky and high.