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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GLENGARRIFF, or GLENGARIFF (" Rough Glen ") , a celebrated resort of tourists in summer and invalids in See also:winter, in the See also:west See also:riding of See also:county See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, on Glengarriff See also:Harbour, an inlet ,on the See also:northern See also:side of See also:Bantry See also:Bay, 11 m. by See also:coach road from Bantry on the Cork, See also:Bandon & See also:South See also:Coast railway. Beyond its hotels, Glengarriff is only a small See also:village, but the See also:island-studded harbour, the narrow glen at its See also:head and the surrounding See also:Sir S. See also:Walpole (See also:History of See also:England, vol. v.) is wrong in stating that See also:Charles See also:Grant introduced bills to remove Jewish disabilities in 1833 and. 1834. They were introduced by his See also:brother See also:Robert.of mountains, afford most attractive views, and its situation on the " See also:Prince .of See also:Wales' " route travelled by See also:King See also:Edward VII. in 1848, and on a See also:fine See also:mountain coach road from See also:Macroom, brings it into the knowledge of many travellers to See also:Killarney. See also:Thackeray wrote enthusiastically of the harbour. The glaciated rocks of the glen are clothed with vegetation of See also:peculiar luxuriance, flourishing in the mild See also:climate which has given Glengarriff its high reputation as a See also:health resort for those suffering from pulmonary complaints.

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