Museum eye : Arigna Mining Experience Arigna, Co. Roscommon

Coal has been mined in Ireland for centuries and was extracted from the Arigna mountain from the seventeenth century until recently. This could have been a lost heritage had it not been decided to turn the last remaining mine into a tourist attraction. En route to the Mining Experience you pass a coal plant in ... Read more

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