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-The Royal Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills, near Cork
+#redirect [[Royal Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills Co]]
-The Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills was set up in
-Charles Henry Leslie (of the Cork banking family) set up the first mill
-At one time was one of Ireland's most successful industries, producing gunpowder for the military as well as for civilian purposes.
-The British Board of Ordnance bought the mills and extended them.
-After 1815, the mills closed.
-the Gunpowder Mills was sold to Thomas Tobin (a Liverpool merchant).
-the mills employed about 200 workers and produced about 16,000 barrels of gunpowder.
-By the mid-1850s, the mills had become one of the largest industrial establishments in the Cork area, employing about 500 men and boys.
-Severe explosion killed 5 people
-Late 19th century: demand for gunpowder shrank
-s the Briscoes bought the mills
-the mills came under the control of [[Curtis's and Harvey]].
-The mills closed permanently
-[[ICI]] acquired the mills and associated lands.
-== See Also ==
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-== Sources of Information ==
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-* Website [http://ballincollig.wordpress.com/gunpowder-mills/]
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-[[Category:  Town - Cork]]
-[[Category:  Ammunition and Explosives]]