The mine powder house or magazine was completed on Monday 7th July 1851. Until then black powder was brought by horse and cart from Oughterard ordnance barracks - it's claimed that it sometimes went astray!. The thatched roof was put on by the Geoghegans during restoration in the 1990s.
This photograph is by I.A.Recordings and was uploaded July 28th 2009. © I.A.Recordings please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.
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