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The Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails Places to eat and stay in Ballincollig Location THE Ballincollig is situated 9 kilometres west of Cork City, to the north of the N22. It is served with a frequent bus service from BALLINCOLLIG the city on route 232.There is ample parking in the multi-storey car park on the Old Fort Road. The Regional Park lies to the west of the town at the Inniscarra Bridge. GUNPOWDER Use the Sat Nav Ref: N 51 53’22” W 8 37’16” or just follow the fingerpost signs in the town. TRAILS Opening Times of the Regional Park January, February 9am-5pm March, October 9am-6pm April, May, September 9am-8pm June, July, August 9am-9pm November, December 9am-5pm Car parking and disabled access available. Leave No Trace Please park considerately Please dispose of waste properly Keep dogs on lead and remove any fouling Respect wildlife Be considerate of other visitors Please leave protected structures alone Ballincollig Ballincollig Trails Group is grateful for the Ballincollig Trails Group’s development of the walking trails County Cork generous support of EMC2 and the above in Ballincollig and the Regional Park was supported by South and East Cork Area Development Ltd (SECAD) sponsors. through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Ireland Development and the National Development Plan in conjunction with Cork County Council. Welcome to Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails appearance indicates its original purpose as a store for hay and fodder The trails consist of four looped walks, colour-coded 5. Barrack Square: This is the oldest part of the according to length, which take place within and around barracks complex and was laid out in 1811. It the Regional Park, Ballincollig which was once home to a comprises four sets of buildings. The original major gunpowder works. The Military Trail begins at the Officers’ Mess lies on the eastern side of the square Shopping Centre Square and continues to the Regional and is distinguished by a classical portico or porch. Park by a westerly route. Three other trails of varying The gun displayed on the central green is a 4.5-inch lengths begin and end at the western end of the park at Howitzer. the Inniscarra Bridge. All walks are multi-access and dogs on leads are permitted on the trails. 6. Stables: Built after 1875, the former stables are made up of two parallel rows with a central Ballincollig’s Military Heritage courtyard. Look out for the metal rings on the western end, used for tethering horses. Renovated Ballincollig has always had military connections. The in the 20th century, they became a gun store known village grew up following the establishment of a as The Long Valley. A glass roof has now been gunpowder works on the banks of the River Lee in 1794 added. by Cork entrepreneur Charles Henry Leslie. 7. Officers’ Mess: Constructed around 1890 as a When the British acquired the gunpowder mills site in recreation block for the military, it later became the 1804 during the Napoleonic wars, artillery barracks were Officers’ Mess when the Irish Army occupied the built as part of the expansion of the mills, and the whole barracks. It is now a medical centre. complex was enclosed behind a high limestone wall. 8. Oriel House: The left wing of the hotel is an early When the mills closed in 1903, the military remained until 19th century Georgian building, originally built as 1922 when the Irish Free State was founded. three houses for the administrating officers at the The barracks were re-opened in the 1940s under the new gunpowder mills. Later the home of Sir Thomas name Murphy's Barracks. These finally closed in 1998 Main Gate guarded by Lancer and dog (from the Lawrence Tobin who bought the mills in 1834, it became when the army unit was relocated to Collins' Barracks in collection). known as Oriel Court because of the round tower he the city. had attached to the east wing of the house to add 1. West Gate: There were three entrances into the old brightness and light into the upper room where his Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills barracks: the East Gate, the Main Gate and the West wife painted. Gate. The trail begins by the original western entrance. Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills is a unique 19th When the Irish army took over the barracks, they made century gunpowder works and Ireland's largest industrial this their Main Gate. archaeological site. It was the second biggest gunpowder mills in the whole of Britain and Ireland after Waltham 2. Coach House: Built in around 1890, this single storey Abbey in Essex. building was once an old coach or carriage store. It was later used by the Irish Army as a transport It now lies within the 130 acres of the Regional Park, maintenance and repair shed. Ballincollig, an area of outstanding natural beauty, extending 2.4 km along the south bank of the River Lee. 3. Main Gate: This realigned gateway was the main entrance into the old barracks. At this time the turf The site enjoys National Monument status with over 90% store stood on the left of the gate. It now leads into of the original buildings associated with gunpowder Heritage Walk. production still in existence. 4. Turf Store: This handsome limestone building has been sympathetically restored. Its barn-like Barrack Square today 9. Western Watch House: water to the start of the canal. pillars holding up a groin- WILDLIFE GUIDE This circular military-looking This artificial head of water vaulted roof. white tower was one of four provided more power for the 15. Coal Store: This security buildings for the waterwheels. gunpowder mills where impressive circular building 12. Expense Magazine: This workers would be searched with 5m high wall was a depot on entry to ensure they is one of the temporary on-site for coal used in the steam were not carrying flammable magazines which stored stove and the charcoal- barrels of unfinished burning house. materials or alcohol. It also gunpowder overnight. guarded Inniscarra Bridge 16. Refineries area: This 18. Long and Short Ranges: Wild flowers: Although much and the main route to 13. Steam Stove extensive area at the eastern of the woodland on the site Macroom. A series of gun end of the park has the These two terraces of cottages was planted on purpose to act loops can be seen circling greatest concentration of were built as rent-free homes as blast screening, the the tower at mid height. buildings. It is here that the for the workers at the mills. L. Lysaght presence of ancient woodland gunpowder ingredients – 10. Canal system and 19. British Military Graveyard species such as bluebell, saltpetre, sulphur and Stone walls: The traditional sluice gates wood anemone and wild garlic charcoal – were refined and lime filling in the surviving suggest much older woodland. mixed together before being boundary walls allows many These three flowers form a incorporated in the small plants and ferns such as colourful carpet in spring. gunpowder mills. You will also the navelwort and heart’s tongue fern to flourish. This solid oval-shaped building see here the ruins of the saw housed a boiler which mill and the charcoal mill, produced steam to dry the both powered by water, gunpowder in adjoining drying workshops, the cooperage houses. where oak barrels were made, and other ancillary This cemetery was built in 1810 and was used throughout the Before the invention of the 14. Magazines buildings. period that the British army was steam engine, water power 17. Gunpowder Mills stationed in Ballincollig. It has provided the earliest means 352 recorded burials of military of generating energy. Water personnel and their families. It from the Lee was taken into L. Scott Bats: The trees in Beech is now owned by the OPW. Walk provide ideal roosting the canals via sluice gates The Heron: The heron is a and powered over 30 mill 20. East Gate habitats for bats such as the frequent visitor to the Lee and pipistrelle. houses which stood on its can often be seen at the foot banks. It also allowed of the weir on the opposite powder punts and barges to bank. carry the gunpowder from one processing house to the other. This area, now closed to the public, once housed 24 11. Weir: incorporating mills, more commonly known as The East Gate led into the Alder: Coppiced woodland Finished gunpowder was powdermills. The three barracks and also directly to the gunpowder ingredients were provided a regular supply of stored in magazines before powder mills, the military charcoal for gunpowder being exported or sold locally. ground together under heavy graveyard and a soldiers’ Meadowland: The meadows making. Alder, willow and One stands on the north side mill stones set on edge. The home. There is an Ordnance are a wonderful habitat for a hazel were preferred. About of the trail and is a large wooden mills were set in pairs stone to the right of the gate variety of butterflies including two tons of wood produced roofless building resembling a and one waterwheel powered used for surveying purposes. the small copper. Look out for enough charcoal for one ton of church. An earlier magazine two mills. Free-standing blast swallows swooping low over gunpowder. can be found in the woods to walls separated each pair of the fields in the summer, Built in 1795, it acted like a the west of the coal store. This mills. catching flies. dam and backed up the resembles a crypt and has four .
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