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county:-   Cumbria
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 harbours, Cumbria

Irish Sea

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The Irish Sea washes the shores of Cumbria from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay. Across the firth you can see Scotland, the hills of Dumfries and Galloway. In the Irish Sea you might glimpse the Isle of Man. To the south are the mountains of Wales. Or you might see nothing at all.

references:-  
: 1972: AA Book of the Seaside: Drive Publications &Automobile Association (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
: 1933 (8th edn) &(regular editions): West Coast of England Pilot: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty (London)
Sawyers, William: 1975 (reprint) &1840 (?): List of the Cumberland Shipping Corrected to January 1840: Moon, Michael (Beckermet, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 904131 09 2

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