A delegation from the Allihies Copper Mine Museum in West Cork travelled to Butte, Montana, and Leadville, Colorado, to formally establish twinning arrangements. “I wasn’t aware of the Leadville connection,” said Tadgh, “until Jim visited us at the Copper Mine Museum and showed us some of the research he had been doing, which is really very interesting indeed.” Jim Walsh, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver, believes up to 70% of the immigrants to Leadville came from the Beara Peninsula.
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