Wicklow Granite Quarry

Ballylusk quarry co wicklow ireland.

Wicklow granite quarry.

The author ballyknockan co. Ryanstone has supplied and worked wicklow granite for many prestigious buildings and projects in ireland the uk and europe. The granite is processed to produce stone products ie. My life as a stonecutter.

Andy farrington with contributions from katie byrne john mcevoy jim behan and michael freeman item type page count. The progression from working surface stone to quarrying the history of the osborne family demonstrates the progression which sometimes took place from working surface stone to quarrying. Granite from our quarry has been used for centuries in famous irish landmarks such as dublin castle the gpo the four courts trinity college the ha penny bridge in dublin powerscourt house in wicklow and kerbing all around dublin city if you are in dublin city you will see our granite. Chippings dust and wall building stone for use in reconstitution work and general decorative landscaping.

Ca2016 publisher place of publication. We are fifth generation stonemasons with established roots tracing back to 1865. Dust fine sand filling and wall building for use in reconstituted work site development work public parks car parks driveways and general garden landscaping. Book 68p when published.

Posts about ballyknockan granite quarries written by westwicklowbookshelf. Wicklow nature presents many treasures as a tapestry in our green and beautiful wicklow landscape. We first started quarrying wicklow granite in 1948 at granabeg near the village of hollywood county wicklow and we still operate the only active dimension wicklow granite stone quarry. Others lie dormant beneath the surface waiting their turn in the sun.

Hussey wicklow granite a history of quarrying at ballyknockan golden hill threecastles and woodend forthcoming e book. We provide the highest quality white sand and granite products from the heart of of co. Specialising in our own irish granite limestone and imported stone products for the commercial and residential sectors. Wicklow granite 10mm down 8 11mm 11 14mm stone wallbuilding wicklow granite is a silver grey stone with mica in it.

The author acknowledges the support of blessington history society and the staff of the manuscript library and the glucksman map library trinity college dublin. Murphystone was founded over 150 years ago and continues in business supplying all natural stone products from our own quarry. Mcevoy sons ltd is a family owned operated stone mason business based in the quarries of ballyknockan in county wicklow an area famed for its natural supplies of granite.