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Southgate madness

Southgate madness the family walk about in the hills of Allihies looking at the old copper mines. Seeing the explosives building looking at the engine houses etc. A lovely summer day with a bit of a breeze to keep them cool as they were walking up and down the hills. The copper mines in Allihies Started in 1812 and finished after multiple tries in the late nineteen fifties.

Southgate madness

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Allihies Man Engine

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Explosive store room
Explosive store room

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Rachel, Vicky, Chris, Bradley and Mark Southgate on pig street, Allihies Copper Mines

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Goula Beara Cork

Goula Beara Cork, a walk to take some photos and generally enjoy the “360” degree view from the top. Not a bad day in January for a walk. I did not want to drive to Hungry hill so I could save on the petrol, sorry to Paul O’Shea about that. Goula has a great view from the top overlooking Dursey Island. You can also see, Bere Island, Calf Rock, Cow Rock, Bull Rock, the Skelligs, Scariff and Deenish Islands from the top and the town of Castletownbere the biggest white fish port of Ireland. Today was not perfect but for this time of year a nice couple of hours if a bit cold on top, especially when you stop to take photos and make a short film. There is a link at the bottom of this page to the video on youtube….

Goula Beara Cork

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Looking towards Garnish and Dursey Island

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Twisting track up to the Boosters on top of Goula

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Bere Island

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Balydonegan Bay

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Bull Rock, Cow Rock (just about) and the Calf Rock

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Black Ball Head

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Castletownbere

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Allihies

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Skellig

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Allihies Copper Mine  “Man Engine”

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Scariff and Deenish Islands

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Boosters on top of Goula Beara Cork

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Another view of Allihies

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Urhan valley

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Bere Island in full

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Evidence of Turf Cutting

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Allihies was a major copper producer in the 1800’s and for a short while was the worlds largest producer of copper ore. There are many remains of Cornish mine engine buildings, and hundreds of meters of mine adits and shafts. There is also a very good museum. check out the link Allihies copper mine museum

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