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Welcome to the Ross Island Slide Show
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The Chronology of Copper Mining in Killarney
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The Geology and Metal Mines of Killarney
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Limestone with Copper Minerals
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Dam Embankments, Ross Island
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Archaeological Excavations
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Firesetting in a Bronze Age Copper Mine
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Daily Work in the Bronze Age Mine
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Crushing and Hand-sorting of Copper Ore
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Bronze Axehead and Copper ingot
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Lough Leane and Shehy Mountain
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Early Christian Period Furnace
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Old Iron Furnace, Derrycunnihy
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Trials for Lead Ore at Cahirnane
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Ross Island Mining Company, Bank Note
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Mine Dam 1829, Ross Island
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Engine House c.1810 Ross Island
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Mine Dam today, Ross Island
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From Ross Castle to the Mine Shaft