Potato Farming to Copper Mining
by
Sue Hurley Myers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
As the Murleys of Cloghfune eked out a living growing potatoes in the rock-strewn land of the Beara Peninsula in the early 1800s, the first wave of industrialization was underway nearby. Wealthy English landowner, John Puxley, began excavating a rich lode of copper in the mountainous land just three...