Marble Quarries In Ireland

Streamstown marble quarry letternoosh clifden co.

Marble quarries in ireland.

A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there. Located just outside the historic marble city of kilkenny. 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. Kilkenny black marble is found in the southeast of ireland and gets is black color from the carbon which is mixed with the limestone is this marble.

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. Annual extraction rate of 25 000m gross block production hub for irish blue limestone slabs and paving for irish and european markets. 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. The joyce family owns a connemara marble quarry in recess.

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. This quarry is the oldest and most famous of the connemara marble quarries opened commercially in 1822. 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.