Book recalls life in Bantry

The people and events that shaped events in a West Cork harbour town are remembered in a book published this week.

Bantry: My Home Town is the fifth in a series of books, published over almost 15 years, tracing historical, social, and economic ups and downs, and zooming in on the locals and blow-ins who came to call Bantry home.

A small production team has been behind all the books but the acknowledged driving force, Denis Cotter, says in a foreword to the latest book that it’s “a faithful testament to a town and its people and to its place in the world”.