Bantry

Bantry Beanntraí
Town
Bantry from the southeast
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Na Cluinter Claoitect Oraibh  (Irish) "Never may defeat be told of you"
Bantry Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°40′47″N 9°27′12″W / 51.67972°N 9.45333°W / 51.67972; -9.45333
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population  (2022)[1]	2,929
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	P75
Telephone area code	+353(0)27
Irish Grid Reference	V997488
Website	Bantry.ie

Bantry (Irish: Beanntraí, meaning '(place of) Beann's people') is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for 30 km (19 mi) to the west. The Beara Peninsula is to the northwest, with Sheep's Head peninsula to the southwest.

The focus of the town is a large square, formed partly by infilling of the shallow inner harbour. In former times, this accommodated regular cattle fairs; after modernising as an urban plaza, it now features a weekly market and occasional public functions. Two piers protect the harbour.

Bantry is in the Dáil constituency of Cork South-West.