Wicklow Granite Quarry

Murphystone was founded over 150 years ago and continues in business supplying all natural stone products from our own quarry.

Wicklow granite quarry.

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. Ca2016 publisher place of publication. We provide the highest quality white sand and granite products from the heart of of co. 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.

We are fifth generation stonemasons with established roots tracing back to 1865. Specialising in our own irish granite limestone and imported stone products for the commercial and residential sectors. 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. The author acknowledges the support of blessington history society and the staff of the manuscript library and the glucksman map library trinity college dublin.

Ballylusk quarry co wicklow ireland. Others lie dormant beneath the surface waiting their turn in the sun. The granite is processed to produce stone products ie. The author ballyknockan co.

My life as a stonecutter. Chippings dust and wall building stone for use in reconstitution work and general decorative landscaping. Hussey wicklow granite a history of quarrying at ballyknockan golden hill threecastles and woodend forthcoming e book. Welcome to wicklow granite.

Suppliers of ballylusk quartzite stone and wicklow granite learn more. In north west wicklow surface stone was a minor source of granite relative to the output of the local quarries. Andy farrington with contributions from katie byrne john mcevoy jim behan and michael freeman item type page count. Wicklow granite 10mm down 8 11mm 11 14mm stone wallbuilding wicklow granite is a silver grey stone with mica in it.

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. Ryanstone has supplied and worked wicklow granite for many prestigious buildings and projects in ireland the uk and europe.