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operates a visitor centre in the village's former Church of
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Bonmahon was a mining village for much of the 19th century, and copper and lead was mined here between 1827 and 1877. Much of the village was laid-out in this period, and the local
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later went on to be
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677:County town
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850:Cheekpoint
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810:Ballinroad
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367:logainm.ie
349:References
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266:temperance
215:Bun Machan
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164:Time zone
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860:Dunhill
785:Ardmore
729:Tramore
719:Portlaw
714:Lismore
233:History
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134:Ireland
130:Country
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