Marble Quarries In Ireland

Annual extraction rate of 25 000m gross block production hub for irish blue limestone slabs and paving for irish and european markets.

Marble quarries in ireland.

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

A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there. 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. 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. The black marble quarry at anglingham was discovered and exploited by stanley ireland in the early 1800s.

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. The joyce family owns a connemara marble quarry in recess. 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.