Whiddy Island
Island in Bantry BayWikipedia
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Sep 14, 2026
Eoin WarnerGUEST
He was killed tragically in the Betelgeuse disaster in Bantry Bay in 1979.
Eoin WarnerGUEST
Woody Island, isn't it? Yeah, Woody Island.
Eoin WarnerGUEST
So there was 50 people killed.
Eoin WarnerGUEST
There were no survivors.
Hannah FurlongHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Hannah FurlongHOST
And you mentioned your mother there and you were saying at the ASA conference last week, she's from Whiddy Island in Cork.
Hannah FurlongHOST
And she came from a farm too, did she?
Tadhg FurlongGUEST
She did, yeah.
Tadhg FurlongGUEST
So Whiddy Island, for those who don't know, I suppose, it's a little island off of Bantry Bay.
Tadhg FurlongGUEST
It's about a kilometre out.
Tadhg FurlongGUEST
There's a big oil terminal on it.