Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills 2025
Co. Cork
Housed in the Methodist church built in 1845 for the Cornish miners who came to work in Allihies. It tells the story of copper mining at Allihies from the Bronze Age right up to the 1960s. Find out about the geology, history and geography of this unique place through artefacts, models, multimedia and the small library. Many of the exhibits can be handled and there are some surprises to discover along the way. See a model of the Man Engine that took miners down to the copper veins – the only one ever installed in Ireland!
Address: Allihies Beara West Cork Co. Cork IRELAND
Easter-Oct 1030-1700. Visit website or facebook for more details.
The museum is located on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork, Ireland; discover breath-taking landscape, a lively village and the captivating story of Europe’s most westerly copper mines! It sits between an impressive rocky mountain range and the rugged Atlantic coast.
The saying ‘a view around every corner’ certainly applies here. The panorama from Barnes gap is unforgettable and, as you descend towards the village through the small fields, the 'Man Engine House' at the Mountain Mine stands out in the grey mountain ahead, and bears witness to the phenomenal copper mining industry at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution that changed the land and people of Allihies forever.