Kinahan — On Irish Marbles and Limestones. 383 



Cork. 



The best Irish "reds" in the market at the present time are 

 procured in this county. They have been worked at Boreen- 

 managh, Churchtown, and Little Island, near Cork ; Johnstown 

 near Fermoy, Midleton, and near Buttevant. These marbles are 

 well known, and have been extensively used. They vary in colour, 

 from a red, like jasper, to streaked and variegated. All except 

 those at Boreenmanagh, Johnstown, and Midleton, are of one 

 type, known in the market as " Cork reds." At Midleton the 

 stone varies from a warm dove-colour to a rich variegated marble, 

 while those at Boreenmanagh and Johnstown are semi-transparent, 

 mottled, or clouded with white and grey. 



These stones have been used in the following instances, among 

 others : — The Little Island " red," in the Liverpool Exchange, 

 the Manchester Exchange ; Museum, Oxford ; St. John's College 

 Cambridge, &c. The Fermoy " red," in the Cathedral, Queens- 

 town ; Roman Catholic Church, Thomas-street, Dublin, &c. 



The Midleton stone has only lately been known, but it has 

 rapidly taken a place. It is more properly a clouded grey than a 

 true red. It has been used, among other places, in the Manchester 

 Exchange; St. Mary's Church, Bradford, &c. 



Cork " reds " have also been used in the Town Hall, Rochdale ; 

 Miss Bottomley's, Bradford; St. Mary's, Abbots, Kensington; 

 St. Pancras Hotel and Station, &c. 



Dublin. 



In this county, at Johnstown, there is a red stone which was 

 tried, but it seems not to have been much approved of, and has 

 now ceased to be spoken of. 



Kerry. 



Near Killarney there is a striped red-and- white stone which has 

 been worked a little, but unsatisfactorily. In other places in the 

 county there are reddish and pinkish stones on which trials have 

 been made, but as yet no good profitable stone has been found. 



