Avoca is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. It is situated on the River Avoca. Arklow (An tInbhear Mór in Irish) is a historic town in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. ... Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... The Avoca is a river in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. ...

Avoca is famous for its hand weaving. Avoca Handweavers are based in Avoca. It was also famous for mining activities, but these no longer take place. Avoca is a family-run company that has come a long way since its birth over 280 years ago in a remote Irish village that gives it its name. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ...

Avoca was once known as Newbridge. It subsequently became known as Ovoca, and then in Victorian times as Avoca. Ptolemy mentions the river Obhoca on his early map of Ireland. Victorian can refer to: people from or attributes of places called Victoria (disambiguation page), including Victoria, Australia, people who lived during the British Victorian era of the 19th century, and aspects of the Victorian era, for example: Victorian architecture Victorian fashion Victorian morality Victorian literature This is a disambiguation page... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece. ...

Avoca is also the village where the BBC series Ballykissangel was filmed. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland. ...