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Mine in Garrykennedy

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Mine in Garrykennedy
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Mine complex identified, post inventory fieldwork, by Dr. William O'Brien, NUI, Galway (pers. comm. 26.6.1998). Site is not indicated on the 1st (1840) or 2nd (1901-5) ed. OS 6-inch map. The mine is referred to by Kinahan as 'Garrykennedy was a very ancient mine, stone and wood implements, &c., having been found in the "Old Men's Workings". Dr. O'Brien visited the site in January 1996 and found a number of extant mine workings of unknown age still surviving. Reference: Kinahen, G.H. (1886) 'Irish metal mining', Royal Dublin Society Scientific Proceedings 5, 219. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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