Bunmahon
| Bunmahon Bun Machan Bonmahon Bunmahon |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 9 ′ N , 7 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Ireland | ||
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| county | Waterford | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | IE-WD | ||
| height | 39 m | ||
 Main Street, Bunmahon
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Bunmahon ( Irish Bun Machan , "mouth of Mahon") is a seaside resort on the Copper Coast in the Irish County Waterford .
Geographical location
Bunmahon is located in the southeast of Ireland a good 20 km southwest of Waterford and about 80 km northeast of Cork . On the eastern outskirts of Bunmahon, the 169 km long Mahon River ( An Mhachain ) flows into the Celtic Sea .
history
Bunmahon was a mining town in the 19th century. Copper was mined here between 1827 and 1877. The population of the village rose to more than 2000 inhabitants at that time. In the village there was a pawn shop, a dairy and a bacon factory as well as 21 pubs. A history of this period and mining activity was published in 2006 by local historian Des Cowman under the title "The Formation and Destruction of a Mining Community". One of the miners was Thomas Wheatley, whose Bunmahon-born son John Wheatley served as Minister of Health in the first government of the British Labor Party in 1924 .
Parish partnership
A community partnership has existed for years between Bunmahon and the Rhineland-Palatinate community of Strohn .
