 Bantry Bay,
New South Wales, Australia - off Middle Harbour, Garigal National
Park, was set up to house
commercial and industrial explosives, as used in public
works like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney's underground railways
and the Newcastle Highway, or by mining and construction companies.
Due to its isolation, workers stayed overnight and became a community. It has a real place
in
Sydney's history as a working harbour. The western shores of the Bantry Bay
magazine complex are closed to public access because of
contamination from old explosives.
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Bantry
Bay is a bay on the coast of County Cork, southwest Ireland. The bay runs
approximately 35 km (22 miles) from northeast to southwest into the
Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 2 miles wide at the head and 6
miles wide at the entrance.
Bantry (Bantrie), a Barony in Wexford. In Ireland, Baronies are a portion
of a county, or a group of Civil Parishes and may span parts of more
than one county. Their origin is thought to have dated from Norman
or pre-Norman times and be based on the Gaelic family territory.
This division was used from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century
in surveys, land transactions and censuses.
The Bantry Boat - This 38’ long
officers barge was captured during the failed French invasion of
1796. It was landed on Bere island from the Frigate Resloue on 24th
Dec. Despite being over 200 years old, this boat is in excellent
condition and still has the original Blue, White and Red paint of
the new French Republic. This boat is the only vessel to have
survived from the invasion. The Bantry Boat Exhibition is at the
Collins Barracks, a former military barracks in the Arbour Hill area
of Dublin, Ireland. The buildings are now the National Museum of
Ireland, Decorative Arts and History. 
