10 ways to get a different take on Ireland
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The Bolton library is new to me. Of all Irish heritage sites the Sceilig .is supreme in my view. Of the sites cited in the Irish Times this caught my eye.
Allihies Copper Mine Museum Co Cork . Although the National Museum’s branch on Kildare Street in Dublin is a veritable treasure chest, with a hoard of gold to rival Fort Knox’s, scores of quirky little museums are dotted around the country. Traditionally, we thought of ourselves as having virtually no natural resources, but coal, silver, gold and zinc have been found and mined in Ireland – albeit in small quantities. In the 19th century, copper was discovered on west Cork’s Beara Peninsula, and miners came over from Cornwall, in England, to help exploit the riches. This little-known chapter in our industrial history is recalled in a community-developed museum.
Allihies Copper Mine Museum, Allihies, Beara, Co Cork, 027-73218, acmm.ie
A regular contributor to this corner of the site traces his ancestory to the Cornish tin miners.
Loughcrew is fantastic. Go on a clear day. Bit of walking involved, but any time I was there there was feck all cars, even on a sunday. Any sites like that are usually jammed.
Same goes with the War Memorial Gardens. Go there on a sunny day and it's great, all the idiots are across the river in the Phoenix park!
Same goes with the War Memorial Gardens. Go there on a sunny day and it's great, all the idiots are across the river in the Phoenix park!
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The ACMM.ie site don't work for me, any better there?
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The best cairns in Loughcrew are on Private land and the landed gentry that owns it does not appreciate trespassers..beware....guys a right coooont. Doesn't stop me walking across his land.
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Of the 10 listed the Lough Boora Parklands is the only one I've been to. Time to dust off the bike methinks
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Indeed I do Gerry, a few centuries ago my Family came over here from Cornwall to work at the mines. My two uncles and my father are three of the few men still alive who worked in it with the Canadians in the fifties. Had a great evening with the three of them just last week drinking hot whiskey and talking about their exploits... The ones that did not make it into the museum.... Interesting stuff....
BTW the museum is incredible, in that for being in such a remote part of the country it is an extremely well put together display....
I will let them know the site is down BTW
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Will it be a stop on next years run
Well its just across the road from Veronica's... Up to you....
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Tintern Abbey (oh yes it is! ) is a lovely place to visit.....have been there a couple of times, once on the GS.......fantastic tiny little twisty roads all round the area to explore too 
) is a lovely place to visit.....have been there a couple of times, once on the GS.......fantastic tiny little twisty roads all round the area to explore too 
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