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At the head of Bantry Bay in west County Cork, Bantry has about 2,722 residents. The bay stretches 35 kilometres southwest to the open Atlantic and has twice been the focus of attempted French invasions of Ireland. In 1689, a French fleet supporting James II anchored here, and in 1796 Wolfe Tone arrived with 15,000 French troops, but storms prevented a landing that might have changed Irish history. The 1796 Bantry Bay French Armada Exhibition Centre, housed in Bantry House, documents this near-invasion with models and artefacts recovered from the frigate La Surveillante, scuttled in the bay.
Bantry House itself, an eighteenth-century Italianate mansion set against the hillside overlooking the bay, contains an eclectic art collection assembled by the second Earl of Bantry during his Grand Tour travels. The gardens, terraced into the hill behind the house, offer one of the finest views in Ireland down the length of the bay to Whiddy Island and the Sheep's Head Peninsula beyond.
The town hosts a weekly Friday market that has become one of west Cork's most successful artisan food markets. The Sheep's Head Way, a walking route around the peninsula between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay, starts from the town. Hotels in Bantry accommodate companion meetings. As a curated directory, Escortservice.com applies strict editorial standards to all listings. Websites are verified before acceptance. The platform does not arrange appointments or represent any party and is not responsible for external websites' content or services. You must be at least 18.
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At the head of Bantry Bay in west County Cork, Bantry has about 2,722 residents. The bay stretches 35 kilometres southwest to the open Atlantic and has twice been the focus of attempted French invasions of Ireland. In 1689, a French fleet supporting James II anchored here, and in 1796 Wolfe Tone arrived with 15,000 French troops, but storms prevented a landing that might have changed Irish history. The 1796 Bantry Bay French Armada Exhibition Centre, housed in Bantry House, documents this near-invasion with models and artefacts recovered from the frigate La Surveillante, scuttled in the bay.
Bantry House itself, an eighteenth-century Italianate mansion set against the hillside overlooking the bay, contains an eclectic art collection assembled by the second Earl of Bantry during his Grand Tour travels. The gardens, terraced into the hill behind the house, offer one of the finest views in Ireland down the length of the bay to Whiddy Island and the Sheep's Head Peninsula beyond.
The town hosts a weekly Friday market that has become one of west Cork's most successful artisan food markets. The Sheep's Head Way, a walking route around the peninsula between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay, starts from the town. Hotels in Bantry accommodate companion meetings. As a curated directory, Escortservice.com applies strict editorial standards to all listings. Websites are verified before acceptance. The platform does not arrange appointments or represent any party and is not responsible for external websites' content or services. You must be at least 18.
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