Marble Quarries In Ireland

He established a marble yard in the town of galway and employed several workmen who wrought monuments chimney pieces tablets slabs etc advertised his product in newspapers and exported the stone to various irish and british markets.

Marble quarries in ireland. This quarry is the oldest and most famous of the connemara marble quarries opened commercially in 1822. Streamstown marble quarry letternoosh clifden co. Harding stoneyard kilkenny the harding family own and run the only remaining kilkenny black marble quarry in ireland which is the only existing source of this black marble available in the country. Located just outside the historic marble city of kilkenny.

Kilkenny marble was used for the plinth of the tomb of richard iii in leicester cathedral and throughout kilkenny you can find the black marble paving the footpaths and lining the city walls. The black marble quarry at anglingham was discovered and exploited by stanley ireland in the early 1800s. Annual extraction rate of 25 000m gross block production hub for irish blue limestone slabs and paving for irish and european markets. Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland.

Their factory is based in the village on the n59 between clifden and galway where joyce s craft shop and art gallery can also be found right across the road from the connemara giant monument. A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there. We own and operate the oldest marble quarry which was first opened in the 19th century and visited in 1903 by king edward vii and queen alexandra during the royal tour of connemara.