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TIGRONEY, Co. Wicklow


LOCATION 
RESOURCE   Copper
MHTI PUBLICATIONS
Cole Memoir
Cole Memoir Tigroney, Ballygahan, Ballymurtagh.pdf
Cole Memoir Tigroney, Knockanode.pdf 
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MHTI JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • The Camac Brothers and Late 18th Century Mining in Avoca. Chatterton Dickson, W. (2006)
  • An 1854 Catalogue of Mines and Mineral Occurrences in Ireland. Morris, J. H. (2001)
  • Illustrations of historic mining activities in Ireland. Knockmahon, Avoca. Coffey et al (2003)
  • The Avoca Mineral Tramway, a further look into an early Co. Wicklow mineral tramway. Waldron, A et al (2004)
  • A Bibliography by County of Writings on Irish Mines. Cowman, D. (2009)
  • A History of the Silver-Lead Mines of Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Schwartz & Critchley (2013)
  • Bryophytes - metallophyte vegetation of metalliferous spoil heaps. Holyoak, D(2011)
  • 'Contested Spaces' Imaginings of Post-Industrial Mining Landscapes the case of Avoca.(2015)
  • In Search of Hodgson's Tramway. Duffy, E. (2003)
  • Mining Scams Three Examples from Wicklow. Morris, J. (2003)
  • Philip Henry Argall (1854-1922) Schwartz, S. Critchley, M. (2011)
  • Photographs of Irish mines from the archives of the Royal Inst. of Cornwall. Hodnett, D. (2007)
  • The Battle of the Tokens, 1789-99. The Hibernian Mining Company v. The Associated Irish Mine Company. Morris J.H. (2003)
  • The Mining Boom c. 1905-08. Cowman, D. (2009)
  • The Mining Company of Ireland's Operations at Glendasan-Glendalough 1825-95. Cowman, D. (2007)
  • The Wicklow Gold Rush. McArdle, P. (2003)
MHTI NEWSLETTERS
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LEAFLETS
​GSI Deposit Profile Series Base Metals Avoca
COMPANY REPORTS
Avoca Mines Ltd House Agreement 1972
EXTERNAL LINKS
https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/land/mines/EPA%20Historic%20Mines%20Part%202a%20Ch%205.pdf
https://secure.dccae.gov.ie/GSI_DOWNLOAD/Geoheritage/Reports/WW006_Avoca_Tigroney_East.pdf
https://secure.dccae.gov.ie/GSI_DOWNLOAD/Geoheritage/Reports/WW007_Avoca_Tigroney_West.pdf
The Avoca Mine Site. Author(s): Vincent Gallagher and Pat O'Connor Source: Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 99B, No. 1, The Ecology of Old Mine Sites (Sep., 1999), pp. 43-57
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20500045?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_content
Other Media available in the MHTI Archive, accessible in the Natural History Museum of Ireland on request: 
​Radio broadcast of the opening of St. Patricks Mine, Tigroney 
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