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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 276 Send Message	Paula	Report	23 Jan 2005 14:31
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 276 Send Message	We went on a trip round an old coal mine in Ireland last summer so there definately were some. This one was in an area called Arigna in the West of Ireland Paula
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 1,161 Send Message	Janet	Report	22 Jan 2005 19:40
	Daniel Are you sure you are going to be looking for coal mines? There was silver/lead/iron/copper/slate mining around Slieveardagh and Nenagh and other places in Tipperary, as well as other places in Ireland. Much of S Ireland, especially the mid counties, was and still is peat. Janet
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pat	Report	22 Jan 2005 16:28
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Daniel I found this site: http://www.ballingarry(.)net/Slieveardagh%20history/the-mines(.)html http://www.cmhrc(.)pwp.blueyonder(.)co(.)uk/list80.htm http://www.ex(.)ac(.)uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/mj1860.htm Please remove all brackets. Hope they are of use to you. Pat x
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 53 Send Message	Daniel	Report	22 Jan 2005 16:18
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 53 Send Message	Is there a web site that i can look for coal mines area,s in ireland in the 1800 as one of my husband ancestors family were miners and this may help me to trace the area they lived in. thank you beryl