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169E Mardyke Colliery, near Killenaule 21 Aug 1926.jpg

Mardyke Colliery, near Killenaule 21 Aug 1926

Title

Mardyke Colliery, near Killenaule 21 Aug 1926

Subject

View of old colliery buildings at Mardyke near Killenaule

Description

Black and white photographic image of of old colliery buildings at Mardyke near Killenaule. Mardyke was part of the Slieveardagh mining operations for coal which operated from the 17th century at first on a small scale and from 1826 by the Mining Company of Ireland. Mining at Mardyke ceased in 1833 the mine was re-worked between 1859-1865 but proved uneconomic. 21 August 1926

Creator

Edmond Murphy

Source

Murphy collection of numbered and dated negative images

Publisher

Digitised by Tipperary Studies

Date

21/08/1926

Rights

© Tipperary Studies

Relation

Photographic collections at Tipperary Studies

Format

Jpeg image

Language

English

Type

Black and white Jpeg images

Identifier

169E

Coverage

Mardyke, Killenaule, Co. Tipperary

Original Format

Black and white film negative

Files

169E Mardyke Colliery, near Killenaule 21 Aug 1926.jpg

Citation

Edmond Murphy, “Mardyke Colliery, near Killenaule 21 Aug 1926,” Tipperary Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/7691.