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Underground Ireland

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  • #102
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    Bluetonic wrote:
    There are over 30 underground rivers in Dublin alone.

    This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_in_Ireland and this http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/6-7/pt/0/spid/D9A8961B-398A-4E6C-A6ADB5DD24861F6D.htm should be of interest.


    i hear some cities are restoring theres are there any rivers worth unculverting?

    or there bits of the tolka and doddle that need to be reopened?

    alos see an ep of coast that showed this miles long salt mine excavation in antrim


  • #103
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    lostexpectation wrote:
    i hear some cities are restoring theres are there any rivers worth unculverting?

    or there bits of the tolka and doddle that need to be reopened?

    alos see an ep of coast that showed this miles long salt mine excavation in antrim


    The stream that gave finglas its name is onli visible at a couple of point,along dunsink lane and parralel to the dual carraigeway beside premier square.In fact they culverted another 50 meter section of it last year,presumably so they can build apartments on top of it.In Donghmede,the Donagh Water,an anciet strem associated with the holy well of St Donagh was finally culverted over in the 80's because parents were worried thier brats would drown in it.It bugs me to see ancient watercourses treated like sewers.


  • #104
    starn
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    Looks like I might be paying a visit to Tara mines next week. Its the largest zinc mine in the WORLD. Anyone know if there is anything I should look out for while im there


  • #105
    Capt'n Midnight
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    didn't they used to have a big tank of mercury to float things on - IIRC they used to do a man walking on water act, but health and safety killjoys stopped that, even if you swallowed a load of it you still wouldn't drown


  • #106
    aphex™
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    didn't they used to have a big tank of mercury to float things on - IIRC they used to do a man walking on water act, but health and safety killjoys stopped that, even if you swallowed a load of it you still wouldn't drown
    Mercury? If you swallowed a tiny drop you'd be mentally retarded instantly and a vegetable for life.


  • #107
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭mloc


    aphex&#8482 wrote:
    Mercury? If you swallowed a tiny drop you'd be mentally retarded instantly and a vegetable for life.

    ok, maybe a slight exageration, but even the fumes from that amount of mercury would be highly toxic, walking across it not such a great idea, mercury is absorbed through the skin too...

    http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/ME/mercury.html


  • #108
    Pineapple stu
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    jackdaw wrote:
    I heard there is a tunnel connecting Connelly station and Heuston station,

    And its stupid that they don't use it ?

    Anyone confirm this ?

    They do. its the phoenix park tunnel which is about 750 meters long.


  • #109
    starn
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    didn't they used to have a big tank of mercury to float things on - IIRC they used to do a man walking on water act, but health and safety killjoys stopped that, even if you swallowed a load of it you still wouldn't drown

    Your ****ting me


  • #110
    Scrotum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Scrotum


    Theres an old mine on killiney beach.
    Just past the old tea rooms.

    "There is an old mine entrance in the cliff (it is unsafe to enter), where lead and copper was worked sporadically during the 1750's and 1820's."


  • #111
    sunnyjim
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    dade wrote:
    heard the stoey of teh Oconnell street ones years ago

    Marino casino is suppose to have a load of them, some running as far as St Davids CBS up the malahide road. Not sure if that is true or not.

    Dade, you are bang on.

    There are 3 main buildings in the St Davids 'campus'... The School, the Gym ( a former church ) and the Artand Boys Band complex. Beside the gym there was once a great oak, which was a few hundred years old and cut down 4 years ago. There was a little shed under this tree attached to the gym... If you were a bold boy, you could break into this shed and climb down a rusty ladder into a tunnel. The door was open when I was reall young ( 14 years ago ) and was closed up proper 10 years ago.


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  • #112
    John R
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    aphex&#8482 wrote:
    Mercury? If you swallowed a tiny drop you'd be mentally retarded instantly and a vegetable for life.

    Complete rubbish.

    Pure mercury can be ingested in relatively large doses with little effect. To do so on a regular basis would have a cumulative effect that would certainly lead to mercury poisioning but as a once-off swallowing a small amount would not be particularly harmful.


  • #113
    Degsy
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    John R wrote:
    Complete rubbish.

    Pure mercury can be ingested in relatively large doses with little effect. To do so on a regular basis would have a cumulative effect that would certainly lead to mercury poisioning but as a once-off swallowing a small amount would not be particularly harmful.


    Complete rubbish.Thats lead you're talking about,mercury is very toxic indeed.
    Speaking of lead,i know its not below ground but along Puck's castle lane in shankill is the leadmines chimney,it looks like a round tower and was used for smelting lead.Does anybody know more about it?


  • #114
    John R
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    Degsy wrote:
    Complete rubbish.Thats lead you're talking about,mercury is very toxic indeed.

    I never said Mercury was not very toxic. It is extremely toxic IF it gets into the bloodstream, it just happens that ingesting it in liquid form does not cause much to pass into the bloodstream.

    Inhaling mercury vapour, ingesting or even having skin contact with certain mercury compounds is however extremely dangerous. You are more likely to have dangerously elevated levels of mercury in your bloodstream from continuously eating large amounts of certain seafood than from ingesting a spoonful of pure mercury on an occasional basis.


  • #115
    andrew
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    Regardless how toxic it is, it is toxic, and i doubt you'd be able to walk on it and 'swallow a load of it without drowning.'


  • #116
    Hard Larry
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    There's tunnels under Collins Barracks in Dublin. (Might link with the Guinness ones maybe?) They might be out of bounds though as they go under Arbour Hill Prison too.

    Magazine Fort in the Pheonix Park is rumoured to have tunnels under it.

    wasnt there a tunnel/walkway under the liffey from Park Gate Street to Heuston Station?

    Also I'm informed that there are tunnels running from the Old Irish Indo Printing Press on Prince Street that run under the Liffey.

    And wasnt there something under the Pope's Cross?


  • #117
    Overheal
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    Several cities in Canada are designed to be able to operate during the height of winter when its blizzardy as hell: All major buildings are linked via underground pathways and such. you see that a bit in Paris, where buildings are homes to sub/rail stations. Cept in Canada theres whole shopping malls down there..I think (this could use some Hooser confirmation btw :))


  • #118
    JaysusMacfeck
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    Overheal wrote:
    Several cities in Canada are designed to be able to operate during the height of winter when its blizzardy as hell: All major buildings are linked via underground pathways and such. you see that a bit in Paris, where buildings are homes to sub/rail stations. Cept in Canada theres whole shopping malls down there..I think (this could use some Hooser confirmation btw :))

    Yeah, it's a great system they have in Canada. You could commute around the city and visit apartments, office and shops without ever having to go outside!


  • #119
    seabee
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    very random but great thread - i spent about 20 mins yesterday reading it looking at all this links....anyway i saw a bit of a programme on rte 1 yesterday evening called "Urban Tales" and there was a piece about underground catacombs under Christchurch in Cork(right next to Bishop Lucy Park). After the end credits the presenter spoke and said that if you have heard any historical urban tales you should e-mail urbantales@rte.ie and they may investigate it for the next series - so maybe some people here should do that to confirm/deny some of the stories . I'm just after looking at the website and a future episode will contain a piece about under ground tunnels in Derry.
    Now for my story :D I live a few mile away from Rathcroghan - burial place of the Kings of Connacht. There are some caves/underground passages nearby which are partialy accessible now, and the story goes that these stretched for miles around, including some hills (where it is possible to see approx 4 counties) around 8 miles away - where another fort was located, and another goes to a former "mass rock"/place of worship 5 miles away. This is a limestone area so some of the passages would be natural but this network may have been extended by people in ancient times...


  • #120
    starn
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    Hard Larry wrote:
    There's tunnels under Collins Barracks in Dublin. (Might link with the Guinness ones maybe?) They might be out of bounds though as they go under Arbour Hill Prison too.

    Magazine Fort in the Pheonix Park is rumoured to have tunnels under it.

    wasnt there a tunnel/walkway under the liffey from Park Gate Street to Heuston Station?

    Also I'm informed that there are tunnels running from the Old Irish Indo Printing Press on Prince Street that run under the Liffey.

    And wasnt there something under the Pope's Cross?


    Has anyone it visited any of these


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  • #121
    rardagh
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    http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=514


  • #122
    CoolGuy2006
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    Anyone from Artane here.

    Near The Artane boys band building there used to be two Graves (well they were made to look like graves) They were covered in big concrete headstones. Anyway, one day when i was a youngster we discovered that someone had Moved the large headstone (covering, whatever its called) to reveal a passage. You could see steps leading down into the darkness. It was so strange, especially because it wasnt sealed up for weeks. I was always bringing the other kids from school over to see it. None of us ever went down to check it out though. who the **** would?

    Did anyone else see this?

    With all the other stories about St Davids, it certainly added substance to the blue boy stories


  • #123
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    CoolGuy2006 wrote:
    Anyone from Artane here.

    Near The Artane boys band building there used to be two Graves (well they were made to look like graves) They were covered in big concrete headstones. Anyway, one day when i was a youngster we discovered that someone had Moved the large headstone (covering, whatever its called) to reveal a passage. You could see steps leading down into the darkness. It was so strange, especially because it wasnt sealed up for weeks. I was always bringing the other kids from school over to see it. None of us ever went down to check it out though. who the **** would?

    Did anyone else see this?

    With all the other stories about St Davids, it certainly added substance to the blue boy stories
    That has to be the most stereotypical internet username ever, well done :D


  • #124
    CoolGuy2006
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭CoolGuy2006


    :-)


  • #125
    Fenster
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    Threade of olde, arise from thy grave.

    A few people asked about tunnels in Galway, and yes, there are. The old rail tunnel on Prospect Hill is still there and accessible if you're willing to risk life and limb. It's partly flooded, no more than a few feet though.

    There's an old network of tunnels in the city. The one entrance I'm familiar with is on Newtown Smith, by entrance to the Mercy secondary school. By the entrance to the car park across the road there's an old gated fence and steps leading down (you can easily hop the wall) to an old millery canal. Turn right and you're in the tunnels.

    On top of that there's a fairly extensive network of old mill canals on both banks ofthe Corrib that no one seems to pay much attention to, as well as the old workhouse hard by the river (if you're ever walked between the O'Brien and Salmon Weir bridges, you'll have seen it) that you can gain access to by the rear of the cathedral.


  • #126
    _blank_
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    Mate of mine works in Fire Restaurant, connected to the Mansion House.

    He said there are blocked up tunnels from there to The Dáil, and into Stephen's Green.


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  • #127
    trooney
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    There are definitely catacombs under St Michans church. And there is definitely a tunnel which runs from there under the Liffey joining it with Christchurch. You used to be able to go down into the catacombs (not sure bout now), but the tunnel was blocked up a long, long time ago.
    Also, there are old zinc mines in certain parts of Wicklow which run pretty deep underground. But these have neither easy nor safe access unless you are well versed in rope and climbing techniques. Not to be recommended unless you are experienced enough to extract yourself from a 'situation'.


  • #128
    Sierra Oscar
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    There is an old escape tunnel from Glenstal Abbey Castle(Murroe, Limerick) out to the woods.


  • #129
    mwrf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭mwrf


    rte one now!,

    a tour of the poddle, under the centre of dublin. very interesting


  • #130
    banjopaul
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    trooney wrote:
    There are definitely catacombs under St Michans church. And there is definitely a tunnel which runs from there under the Liffey joining it with Christchurch. You used to be able to go down into the catacombs (not sure bout now), but the tunnel was blocked up a long, long time ago.

    St.michans is still open, I was in the catacombs during the summer, they have tours of them. We just stopped in, no need to call ahead or anything. you even get to touch one of the mummified bodies down there, kinda weird but very interesting:D the guide didn't say anything about a tunnel to anywhere else though.


  • #131
    LovelyTom
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    Theres supposedly a tunnel in St. Anne's Park in Raheny can't remember where it goes to but it starts somewhere around the fenced off castle area...


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  • #132
    Clanc
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    I wonder is there a map of Tara Mines available?


  • #133
    L1011
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    scop wrote:
    There are very few UE spots in Dublin, and it is consistently lamented among the UE community as perhaps the least exciting city in terms places to seek out. I know people who've asked similar questions, and others who have sought out places before, and they almost always fail to come up with anything remotely interesting. I can only recall one spot appearing in any UE mags or websites, and even then it was only an abandoned factory. There are numerous graffiti spots, but once again more abandoned than underground. The old Fish Factories would be a great example of a place that is known for being out of the way [and more or less home to Irish graffiti]. I can do a little research if you want, but let us know what the article is about etc so I can find exactly what you are into it.

    We have a UE community here? I constantly have to ogle UK sites instead :(


  • #134
    Fighting Irish
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    read later


  • #135
    Third_Echelon
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    this is a great thread... can't believe i didn't see this before!


  • #136
    gurramok
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    Degsy wrote:
    The stream that gave finglas its name is onli visible at a couple of point,along dunsink lane and parralel to the dual carraigeway beside premier square.In fact they culverted another 50 meter section of it last year,presumably so they can build apartments on top of it.

    Fascinating about that stream, never knew it came all the way from dunsink lane down to the finglas road.
    I've walked a few times near the old Premier dairies site and always wondered where that stream originated, is there any map online for it?
    Its amazing how many small rivers/streams are covered over unseen, its like a hidden venice in dublin :)


  • #137
    _blank_
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    gurramok wrote:
    Fascinating about that stream, never knew it came all the way from dunsink lane down to the finglas road.
    I've walked a few times near the old Premier dairies site and always wondered where that stream originated, is there any map online for it?
    Its amazing how many small rivers/streams are covered over unseen, its like a hidden venice in dublin :)

    There's an excellent thread in the Dublin City forum about the streams under the North Side of Dublin

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055119367

    Well worth the read.


  • #138
    FunkZ
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    The tunnel that goes from the jacks in Swords castle!


  • #139
    Degsy
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    gurramok wrote:
    Fascinating about that stream, never knew it came all the way from dunsink lane down to the finglas road.
    I've walked a few times near the old Premier dairies site and always wondered where that stream originated, is there any map online for it?
    Its amazing how many small rivers/streams are covered over unseen, its like a hidden venice in dublin :)

    It used to run at the bottom of Wellmount road in the 1970's(the road was called streammount Rd in those days.There's another one covered in at Patrickswell road that flows out towards Erins Isle GAA pitch.


  • #140
    Saint_Mel
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    Apparently there are a number of tunnels running under Athlone.

    Allegedly one going from the barracks to the castle and another going
    under the Shannon from the castle (or maybe barracks) to somewhere!

    There’s also a bunker in the barracks.


  • #141
    yomchi
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    There's a tunnel from Collins Barracks in Arbour Hill to Arbour Hill prison where political prisoners from Irelands rebellious past were brought.

    There's also under ground tombs you can visit in St Michans church in Church street, and I think the tunnel to Kilmainham jail was already mentioned.


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  • #142
    MooseJam
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    you're welcome to come and check out under my stairs


  • #143
    Fighting Irish
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    http://www.gigdig.com/~ted/


  • #144
    biko
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    If you like caves check out Marble Arch caves, Fermanagh
    http://www.marblearchcaves.net/


  • #145
    kiss103
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    recent find in monaghan, supposedly for moving prisoners
    http://www.emigrant.ie/article.asp?iCategoryID=84&iArticleID=69411


  • #146
    120_Minutes
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    Fighting Irish wrote:
    http://www.gigdig.com/~ted/

    I read all 11 effing pages of that and got no closure! what happened to ted???


  • #147
    Ekancone
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    Couldnt be arsed reading this whole thread. There is a tunnel running from North Cathedral to Popes Quay in Cork City, apparantly.


  • #148
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah a bit annoyed after reading all of that.Good story but a shame about the awful ending.


  • #149
    Anto McC
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    Great thread :)


  • #150
    Victor
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    Clanc wrote:
    I wonder is there a map of Tara Mines available?
    Its a mine, they create a new gallery by excavating ore, fill it again with the depleted ore and dig next to it. There would be no fixed map.


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  • #151
    beans
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    Does anyone have any links to photos from inside the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park, or any information on the fort itself? Anyone ever been inside?

    I would love to have a nosey around in there.


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