Marble Quarries In Ireland

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

Marble quarries in ireland. Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland. The joyce family owns a connemara marble quarry in recess. A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there. Located just outside the historic marble city of kilkenny.

Stone age man worked the marble from this deposit 4000 years ago and axes made of connemara marble are in the collection of the national museum of 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. 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. The black marble quarry at anglingham was discovered and exploited by stanley ireland in the early 1800s.

Streamstown marble quarry letternoosh clifden co. 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.