- Aughamucky
Infobox Irish Place
name = Aughamucky
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province =Leinster
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web = www.kilkennycoco.ie|Aughamucky is a small village on the outskirts of
Castlecomer ,County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is on road number RXXX, about 3 kilometres East fromCastlecomer , located in the province ofLeinster .Many of the residents are descendants of coal miners working for the
Wandesforde family over a period of many centuries. It is close to the Monegore peat bog.Some of the local family names are Ryan, Walker, Coogan, Heffernan, Moran, Shortall, Dwyers, Griffin. Long and Stone.
It is interesting that some of these names are of English or Welsh origins which indicates the influx of workers from elsewhere in the United Kingdom to assist with the management of the Mines.
The coalmines, which supplied
anthracite coal, surroundingCastlecomer were theDeerpark Mines (the largest) The Vera (named after Vera Wandesforde) and The Rock near Glenmullen.The coal mines are now finished and a new museum about the them has opened, year 2007, in Castlecomer Town where the inhabitants of Aughamucky shop.The roads in Aughamucky are the Yellow road leading to 'Comer Town, the Dairy Road leading to Smithstown, where the children went to school (which is now closed) the Bog Road leading to Monegore Bog, where the residents got fuel for their turf fires and The Rock Lane leads to the river (known locally as The Tunnel) and The Rock coal mine.
The cross roads where all these roads meet is known as Ryan's Cross.
Also see
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
External links
* [http://www.sip.ie/sip019B/index1.htm Coalmining in Castlecomer]
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