Islands of Ireland: Impressions of a shooting on Chapel Island, Bantry Bay

Bantry Bay: A beautiful vista with five green islands of various sizes decorating the harbour.

One tranquil summer’s evening in 1907 there was barely a ripple on the water. It was like a scene from an impressionist painting. Into this tranquil paradise, accompanied by his mother, rowed a young jeweller and silversmith from the town of Bantry named William O’Callaghan. He would never return.