# Mitchelstown Cave

- **Country:** Ireland
- **Access:** Show cave access only
- **Geology:** Limestone
- **Location:** Mitchelstown, County Cork
- **Discovery:** 1833
- **Photo Alt:** Calcite column and flowstone formations in a grainy black-and-white photo
- **Photo Caption:** 1905 photo of speleothems in Mitchelstown Cave.

Mitchelstown Cave is a limestone cave near Burncourt, County Tipperary, Ireland. Situated from Mitchelstown, County Cork, it became the first cave in Ireland to be developed for the public in 1972.

![Photo of Mitchelstown Cave](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Mitchelstown_Cave_-_A_mighty_column_in_The_Garret_%28Irish_Naturalist_15_Plate_I%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchelstown_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)