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2024-03-28T11:31:36+00:00text/html2017-03-07T21:45:23+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.354226 -8.394625G7445 : Dry Stone Wall on Benbulben
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Marks the regional border between Sligo & Leitrimtext/html2017-03-07T21:41:23+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.356815 -8.399572G7445 : Wilderness close to Baryte mines; Benbulbin
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Close to the Sligo/Lietrim bordertext/html2017-03-07T21:36:38+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.354426 -8.415390G7345 : Inside Baryte mine
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Between 1975 & 1979 the mines were operating to produce 60,000 tonnes of Baryte per year - the biggest exporter to Europe at the time. The supply is not exhausted but no longer financially viable to extract.text/html2017-03-07T21:33:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.350496 -8.408584G7344 : Winch at Baryte mines; Glencarbury
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Winch machinery for cable aerial tramway (1940s) which carried buckets of ore down the cliff to the mill at Glencar Lough. The rope way was driven by a large electric motor & manually operated switch gear. The buckets were controlled manually by a wooden brake & disaster would follow if a runaway occurred. See Jerry Foley's excellent book ''The Benbulbin Barytes Miners''.text/html2017-03-07T21:31:49+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.346353 -8.411772G7344 : Cable way for the Baryte mines at Glencarbury
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''The wire rope was made of one continuous length. Weather conditions affected it. It was woven with an anti twist property. The rope way was 50-100 feet above the ground in some places, and only 5-10 feet above the ground in others. If a load came off it had to go straight back on because the rope had to be balanced. It was a hell of a journey to the bottom''
Extract from The Benbulbin Barytes Miners by Jerry Foleytext/html2017-03-07T21:27:34+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.345789 -8.392238G7444 : Stepping over the Sligo/Leitrim border
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Above the snowline with rivers in full spate - this one marks the border & would have been a well worn trail of hardship for miners on their way to work at the baryte mines of Glencarbury.text/html2017-03-07T21:24:33+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.351195 -8.414435G7344 : Approach to Baryte mines at Glencarbury
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text/html2017-03-07T21:12:08+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price54.351292 -8.412283G7344 : Miner's hostel for the Baryte Mines on Benbulben
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Old hostel built for miners in 1945
''During the blizzard of 1947 some men were trapped in the hostel for a number of days. The snow drifts on the mountain were over 5 feet deep & in some places up to 20 feet. We had to wait until the snow froze over before we could get off the mountain. We slid on our stomachs. The work was hard, the money was poor - so I headed to England in the early 1950s.''
Vincent Mc Nulty
Extract from ''The Benbulben Barytes Miners'' by Gerry Foleytext/html2016-08-31T23:30:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.868117 -7.342078N4391 : Kill Graveyard near Killnaleck
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Tucked away, an ancient site with ruined church and special graves.text/html2016-08-31T23:26:11+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.867759 -7.342236N4391 : Kill Graveyard near Killnaleck
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The grave of Fr. Peter Smith - said to have healing properties contained in the clay. Smith was a healer priest who lived in the early 1800s.text/html2016-08-31T23:19:09+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.868208 -7.342229N4391 : Kill Graveyard near Killnaleck
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A well tended ancient site with ruins of an old church & some special graves.text/html2013-07-19T23:23:28+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.472267 -8.020918M9846 : Kiltoom Church
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Inside, with badly damaged roof.text/html2013-07-19T23:19:25+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.472087 -8.021369M9846 : Old church at Kiltoom
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Beautiful stonework, including a roof of scalloped slates, but all in bad shape.text/html2013-07-19T23:14:40+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.472087 -8.020917M9846 : Old Kiltoom Church
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In ruins, and protected, one would hope, but can't find any information on this church.text/html2013-07-13T23:09:41+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/25920louise price53.060708 -9.516324L9802 : Eastern fields - Inis Oírr
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Looking across to the mainland County Galway in the distance