British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
... that the first attempt of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company to lay a submarine telegraph cable to Ireland failed because the cable would not reach that far?
... that the first attempt of the <b id="mwhw"><a href="./British_and_Irish_Magnetic_Telegraph_Company" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company">British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company</a></b> to lay a <a href="./Submarine_communications_cable" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine telegraph cable</a> to Ireland failed because the cable would not reach that far?