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

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