Over 200 people attended an event tonight to mark the 35th anniversary of the closure of the Arigna mines.
They were a major employer in north Roscommon for hundreds of years before they closed in 1990.
Several miners recalled their careers at an event in Kilronan Castle in Ballyfarnon tonight.
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Gerry Duignan, from Arigna, worked in the mines for 12 years until they shut down:
