| Ballincollig Regional Park | |
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 Ballincollig Regional Park | |
  Location in Ireland | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°53′34″N 8°36′29″W / 51.89289°N 8.60817°W |
| Area | 135 acres (55 hectares) |
| Created | 1985 |
| Operated by | Cork City Council |
| Status | Open year-round |
| Website | www |
Ballincollig Regional Park is a park in Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland, created on the grounds of the former Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills.
The park is approximately 135 acres (55 hectares) in area, with 52 structures in varying stages of decay surviving from the gunpowder manufacturing process. Most of the former gunpowder manufacturing was localized in the eastern part of the park, where ruins of the charcoal mill, saltpeter, and sulphur refineries can be seen. The western part is larger and the buildings are sparser, with press house, granulating mill, and dusting house remaining.[1]
The site is approximately 2.4 kilometres in length and the River Lee runs the northern length of the site, creating a natural boundary of the park. The site contains a system of canals used during the manufacturing process connecting all the process areas in a single flat system without locks. The canals are fed from the River Lee at the western end of the site, and they were regraded and reformed in the late 1980 by the Cork City Council.[2]