Tynagh
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| Tynagh Tynagh |
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| Irish Grid Reference M621163 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Galway | |
| Elevation: | 85 m | |
| Population (2002) - Town: - Rural: |
842 |
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| Website: www.galway.ie | ||
Tynagh (Tigneatha in Irish) is a village parish in south east County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Loughrea and Portumna. It's probably best known for the Tynagh mines which opened in the 1960's and were at that time, an important mining resource of Lead Pb, and Zinc Zn, Concentrates. For almost twenty years, Irish Base Metals Tynagh Ltd. was a major source of employment for east Galway. This all changed in 1981 however, when the mines closed with the loss of 350 jobs. In 2004, after laying dormant for over twenty years, part of the site has been redeveloped for industrial use with Sperrin Galvanisers (ireland) Ltd opening a steel galvanising plant, and Tynagh Energy Limited opening a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, the first in Galway.
