Table of conTenTs Table of conTenTs Pile of sTone (a Poem) . 8 Pile of sTone (a Poem) . 8 Dominic Duignan Dominic Duignan from Pig cros-Pruca To crow-coal . 9 from Pig cros-Pruca To crow-coal . 9 Angus Dunne Angus Dunne my working Days aT wynne broThers coal mines . 12 my working Days aT wynne broThers coal mines . 12 Sonny Murray Sonny Murray from The Valley of arigna To bencroy . 15 from The Valley of arigna To bencroy . 15 Paddy Wynne (RIP) Paddy Wynne (RIP) Jim mcgourTy (riP) Describes his exPerience of mining . 18 Jim mcgourTy (riP) Describes his exPerience of mining . 18 Sean Wynne Sean Wynne cull anD gannon’s mines on bencroy . 21 cull anD gannon’s mines on bencroy . 21 Ollie Cull Ollie Cull coalface . 23 coalface . 23 Brian Leyden Brian Leyden inTerView wiTh fr leo layDen c.s.s.P. 27 inTerView wiTh fr leo layDen c.s.s.P. 27 brushing on bencroy . 36 brushing on bencroy . 36 Robbie Boyle Robbie Boyle a hisTory of The mcTiernan coal mine . 37 a hisTory of The mcTiernan coal mine . 37 Gerald McTiernan Gerald McTiernan my memories of wynne’s mines . 39 my memories of wynne’s mines . 39 Tom Joe Keaney Tom Joe Keaney an exPerience of mining . 41 an exPerience of mining . 41 Hubert Murray (RIP) Hubert Murray (RIP) oVerView of iron anD coal mining . 44 oVerView of iron anD coal mining . 44 Dermot Layden Dermot Layden a miner’s sTory: inTerView wiTh esTie (sylVesTer) wynne . 46 a miner’s sTory: inTerView wiTh esTie (sylVesTer) wynne . 46 Tony Tiernan Tony Tiernan The loaD of coal . 47 The loaD of coal . 47 Gerry McCormack Gerry McCormack an arigna miscellany . 48 an arigna miscellany . 48 Fr Tomas Flynn Fr Tomas Flynn memories of my faTher frank boyle anD sliabh an iarainn . 58 memories of my faTher frank boyle anD sliabh an iarainn . 58 Arthur Boyle Arthur Boyle life in The mines . 62 life in The mines . 62 Tony Tiernan Tony Tiernan 1 1 A Miners Reunion: A commemoration of the closure of the collieries in 1990. A Miners Reunion: A commemoration of the closure of the collieries in 1990. coal mining on The kilronan mounTain . 68 coal mining on The kilronan mounTain . 68 Denis Flynn Denis Flynn mining on sliabh an iarainn – a long TraDiTion . 71 mining on sliabh an iarainn – a long TraDiTion . 71 Pat McGovern Pat McGovern a way of work anD a way of life . 75 a way of work anD a way of life . 75 Breda and Sean Wynne Breda and Sean Wynne coal mining in bencroy . 102 coal mining in bencroy . 102 Fr Dan Gallogly Fr Dan Gallogly firsT memories of The PiT . 104 firsT memories of The PiT . 104 Dominic Duignan Dominic Duignan The sTrike . 108 The sTrike . 108 a Day in The life of a huTcher in PaDDy wynne’s PiT . 109 a Day in The life of a huTcher in PaDDy wynne’s PiT . 109 Micky McTigue Micky McTigue seconD hanD memories of mining . 111 seconD hanD memories of mining . 111 Micheal Geoghegan (Snr) Micheal Geoghegan (Snr) coal mine memories . ..