ClashDuff Also Known As Copper Mines
Situated between Sullivans cross and boulua on the Ballingarry to Urlingford road
It started production in 1948 and employed over 200 miners and staff
Most of its coal went to the ESB to power their plants to provide electricity
It was the second commercial mines in Slieveardagh
Miners from all over came to work there from,Kilkenny,
Callan,Urlingford,KillmanaghTullarone,Golmoy,Killenaule,Ballingarry,
Ballantaggart,Gortnahoe,New Bernigham,
There were several accidents there and two in particularly in 1951
In June 1951 one miner was killed when a rock fell from the roof and he
was working with his brother who was not injured but he left the mines
and went to work in England,This brother was killed in a moter bike accident
a short time later.In the same year 1951 in September another brother was killed
in an explosion and another brother was badly injured but survived
All four been brothers------John,Thomas,Michael and Francis.
John aged 27,Thomas aged 23,Francis aged 27 and Michael aged 24
John is Interred in Ballingarry on Left Hand Side of Belfry
Francis and Thomas interred in High Graves near Lane Gates Ballingarry,
Michael who died in 1991 is interred in the Old Church Yard Ballingarry.
ClashDuff Closed In 1957
Grotto At ClashDuff
In Memory Of All Miners Who Lost Their Lives In Slieveardagh CoalMines
Grotto Maintaned By Local Neabours
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