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Ballincollig Regional Park

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Ballincollig Regional Park
Ballincollig Regional Park

Ballincollig Regional Park is a park in Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland, created on the grounds of the former Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills. The park is approximately 55 hectares (135 acres) in area, with 52 structures in varying stages of decay surviving from the gunpowder manufacturing process. Most of the former gunpowder manufacturing was localized in the eastern part of the park, where ruins of the charcoal mill, saltpeter, and sulphur refineries can be seen. The western part is larger, and the buildings are sparser, with press house, granulating mill, and dusting house remaining. The site is approximately 2.4 km (1.5 mi) in length and the River Lee runs the northern length of the site, creating a natural boundary of the park. The site contains a system of canals used during the manufacturing process connecting all the process areas in a single flat system without locks. The canals are fed from the River Lee at the western end of the site, and they were regraded and reformed in the late 1980 by the Cork City Council.

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Ballincollig Regional Park
Innishmore, Cork West Village (Ballincollig ED)

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Cork, West Village (Ballincollig ED, Innishmore)
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