The Kinsale Head gas field is an offshore natural gas field off the southern coast of Ireland discovered in 1973 near Old Head of Kinsale, in the Celtic Sea and met Ireland's gas need until 1996. The gas field is located in a water depth of 100 metres and 1,000 metres below the seabed.
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