Marble Quarries In Ireland

The black marble quarry at anglingham was discovered and exploited by stanley ireland in the early 1800s.

Marble quarries in ireland.

Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland. Located just outside the historic marble city of kilkenny. 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. 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.

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. 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. A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there.

The joyce family owns a connemara marble quarry in recess. Streamstown marble quarry letternoosh clifden co. 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.