Carbon Footprint 40 kg
Expenses hardware 54 food 18
This is a short account of last week; had good passing trade, some interesting new additions to the 'collection' went to see the mines with Clive and Sally (recent art graduates) including the lake that has formed in the open cast mining at Magobar - "The Biggest Hole in Europe" literally.
Green colour of the lake is due to minerals; when they used to pump water out of this mine, the wells in the surrounding countryside would run dry.
This was the site of the Dunally castle that belonged first to the O' Kennedy's who were the chieftain in the area way back, and then passed into the hands of Col. Henry Prettie, a Cromwellian solider who was 'granted' land in Silvermines as pay for his services. His descendent later became a Lord and took the name Dunally after the castle.
Clive and Sally liberating a found object from Magcobar crushing plant
We also took a trip up to the old mine in Shallee - that was absoloutely amazing. To get there, you just have to look out for a really overgrown lane next to a farmhouse. It doesn't look like anything except that there are a couple of derelict 1950's buildings
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