Avoca (Irish: Abhóca, formerly Abhainn Mhór, meaning 'the great river')[2] is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

The Avoca area has been associated with its copper mines for many years and the valley has been celebrated by Thomas Moore in the song "The Meeting of the Waters".

The largest spoil heap, Mount Platt, was built up from waste rock excavated from Cronebane open pit.

There was a mineral tramway built from the West Avoca mines, through the village (on the opposite side of the river) and on to Arklow Harbour.

The route of most of this was subsumed into the Dublin-Rosslare railway line, but an arch and a tunnel under the road from Rathdrum to Avoca remains.