Whiddy Island (Irish: Oileán Faoide) is an island near the head of Bantry Bay in Ireland. It is approximately 5.6 km (3.5 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi)...

The Whiddy Island disaster, also known as the Betelgeuse incident or Betelgeuse disaster, occurred on 8 January 1979, around 1:00 am, when the oil tanker...

Station Whiddy Island was a seaplane station operated during the last year of World War I and commissioned 4 July 1918. Located on Whiddy Island in Bantry...

main islands in the bay are Bere Island and Whiddy Island. Bere Island is located near the entrance to the bay. On the north side of the island is Berehaven...

Life in Another World Betelgeuse, oil tanker destroyed in the 1979 Whiddy Island Disaster, Ireland USS Betelgeuse, a U.S.Navy shipname and list of ships...

courthouse in Wolfe Tone Square. Sheltering the head of the bay is Whiddy Island, site of a large oil terminal, originally owned by Gulf Oil. On 8 January...

southernmost point, with views of Fastnet Rock and Lighthouse Kinsale Whiddy Island and Whiddy Island view on R572 road The Wild Atlantic Way has had a significant...

was a pirate stronghold, and pirates traded easily in Baltimore and Whiddy Island. During the mid-19th century, parts of West Cork were severely impacted...

extended mainland supply to Spike Island, Long Island, Hare Island and Whiddy Island Using submarine cable "Heir Island". Heirislandsailingschool.com. Archived...

was a pirate stronghold, and pirates traded easily in Baltimore and Whiddy Island.: 54–57  In the 19th century, Cork was a centre for the Fenians and...

Chapel Island Little Commissioners, 3rd Rpt, p.6 Whiddy E Division Commissioners Third Rept, p.7 Bere E Division (excluding Fourteen Islands) "Inis Fearn...

largest oil spill from an oil tanker in history. January 8, 1979: The Whiddy Island disaster, also known as the Betelgeuse incident, occurred around 1:00 am...

the explosion of a Total tanker, the M/V Betelgeuse, in January 1979 (Whiddy Island disaster) and it was never fully reopened. The Irish government took...

Island (Irish: Baoi Bhéarra or Oileán Baoi) lies at the southwestern tip of the Beara Peninsula in the west of County Cork in Ireland. Dursey Island is...

Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc) is an island of 103 acres (42 ha) in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated...

Irish State-owned company which owned and operated the Whiddy Island Terminal on Whiddy Island and Whitegate refinery at Whitegate, both in County Cork...

Island Garinish Great Island Heir Island Haulbowline Island Inishfarnard Long Island Sherkin Island Spike Island Whiddy Island Lists of townlands of County...

of Rathmore and the Islands, the southernmost parish in Ireland. It is the main ferry port to Sherkin Island, Cape Clear Island and the eastern side...

in 1944. In 1979, the French supertanker Betelgeuse was moored off Whiddy Island, discharging oil when it exploded, killing 50 people in one of the worst...

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin (Irish: Inis Arcáin), lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater...

Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) is an island off the south-west...

pirate stronghold, at a time when pirates traded in nearby Baltimore and Whiddy Island. Between the 17th and 18th century, the center of the town may have...

Bere Island or Bear Island (Irish: Oiléan Béarra, although officially called An tOileán Mór meaning "the big island") is an island in Bantry Bay off the...

Shanagarry Shanbally Shanballymore Sheep's Head Sherkin Skibbereen Timoleague Togher Tower Union Hall Upton Waterfall Watergrasshill Whiddy Whitegate Youghal...

Hutchinson and changed the name to 'Seafield'. The Whites had settled on Whiddy Island across the Bay in the late 17th century, after having originally been...

Island Garinish Great Island Heir Island Haulbowline Island Inishfarnard Long Island Sherkin Island Spike Island Whiddy Island Lists of townlands of County...

Great Island (Irish: An tOileán Mór) is an island in Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town...

operations. They were Berehaven, Lough Foyle, Queenstown (Cobh), Wexford and Whiddy Island. ENS Carl E. Shumway, USNRF was made the Commanding Officer of this...

Garnish Island (Ilnacullin), which may be visited by boat trip. Offering a broad view of the surrounding area, the round Martello tower on the island was...

World War, five sites in Ireland - Queenstown, Wexford, Lough Foyle, Whiddy Island and Berehaven - were identified to be operated by the United States...