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Wicklow Gap Mining Ruins
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Wicklow Mountains National Park
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April 17, 2023
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For the first half of the 19th Century lead mining in the Glendalough area was confined to the Glendasan Valley. It commenced around 1800. Up until 1960 Wicklow was the foremost mining county in Ireland with records supporting commercial mining in the area over the last 200 years in the valleys of Glendalough
August 5, 2021
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