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St. George's Channel

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noun

  1. a channel between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic. 100 miles (160 km) long; 50–90 miles (81–145 km) wide.


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Two days after this scene Premier Ramsay MacDonald boarded a seaplane at Lossiemouth and flew St. George's Channel to the Marquess of Londonderry's house at Mount Stewart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Far to the north, above Ireland, German bombers attacked a convoy that had been sent around that way because the British had mined St. George's Channel between Eire and Wales.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a County Wexford farmer's son, he used to lie on a cliff top in the long grass and gaze south across St. George's Channel to the tiny, haze-blue Saltee Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boatloads of seasick reporters tossed on the grey waters of St. George's Channel waiting for news.

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not feel myself to be entirely myself until we entered St. George's Channel.

From Fibble, D.D. by Sarg, Tony

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