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BANTRY , a seaport, See also:market-See also:town and seaside resort of Co. See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, 58 m. S.W. of Cork by the Cork, See also:Bandon & See also:South See also:Coast railway, on the See also:bay of the same name. Pop. (1901) 3109. It is an important centre both for See also:sea See also:fisheries and for See also:sport with the See also:rod. It is the ter-minus of the railway, and a coaching station on the famous " See also:Prince of See also:Wales " route (named after See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII.) from Cork to See also:Glengarriff and See also:Killarney. The bay, with excellent anchorage, is a picturesque inlet some 22 M. See also:long by 3 to 6 broad, with 12 to 32 fathoms of See also:water. It is one of the headquarter stations of the Channel See also:Squadron, which uses the See also:harbour at See also:Castletown Bearhaven on the See also:northern See also:shore, behind See also:Bear See also:Island, near the mouth of the bay. It was the See also:scene of attempts by the See also:French to invade Ireland in 1689 and 1796, and troops of
See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Orange were landed here in 1697. There are several islands, the See also:principal of which are Bear Island and Whiddy, off the town. Ruins of the so-called " See also:fish palaces " testify to the failure of the See also:pilchard See also:fishery in the 18th See also:century.
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