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Historic:

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Pre 1800 Ancient Main Street, Bantry, West Cork.

Parallel to New Street at the back of the old Vickeries Hotel and Vickeries Hardware store lays the old Min Street of Bantry. It contained numerous businesses including a number of pubs. Its remnants can be seen in the lane behind the present Vickeries Store. That store comprises three former separate businesses including a hardware shop, shoemakers. Vickeries Hotel was burned down during the troubles but a part tot the rear survived as is seen in the enclosed photographs. This property including the former Vickeries garage which was operational until the 1960s was acquired some years ago for re development.

In the photos there is an old window over an arch and the remnants of a cobbled pathway. Before the present New Street was built it was part of Bantry Bay and lighters small flat bottomed boats brought cargo to the bottom of the present library formerly a mill.