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Whiddy Island disaster

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Whiddy Island disaster
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Date
1979-01-08
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.vladi-private-islands.de
  • Pam Brophy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pam Brophy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Peter Craine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
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Explorer Tom Whiddy Island sits in Bantry Bay close enough to tempt you onto a short ferry, then calmly reminds you that an island…

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Explorer Tom Gowlbeg Mountain is getting some serious heat from the local seagulls who think it’s hogging all the good wind. They’ve…

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Explorer Tom Derrynafulla SW is secretly proud of one specific potato growing on its flank and refuses to let anyone else touch it.…

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Glengarriff WoodsWood · 4.9 mi

Explorer Tom Glengarriff Woods has old oaks that survived a spell when people thought the answer to every forestry question was…

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