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lough, are extensive crags. The portion at the surface has "been 

 worked in different places, wherever the stone took the fancy of 

 the stonecutter. A few quarries have been opened. Whitish to 

 grey and blue, with subordinate black beds ; crystalline ; compact ; 

 fine-grained. Suitable for all kinds of cut-stone work ; while the 

 black beds are superior marble. It would appear as if a remune- 

 rative trade in their stone to England and elsewhere might be deve- 

 loped, as the limestone is of such excellent quality, while the freight 

 ought to be low on account of so many ships, trading to the west 

 •coast, having to return in ballast. 



Angliham and Menlough. About three miles north of Gralway . — 

 Worked for the marble beds. 



Two-mile Ditch. Two miles from Gralway. — Bluish-grey ; crys- 

 talline ; uneven-grained ; easily worked. 



Qortveragh. About one mile E. S. E. of Oughterard. — Dark- 

 grey to black. Formerly worked by the Martins of Ballynahiuch 

 for marble. In this vicinity, and north-westward to Oughterard, 

 there are good stones in various places suited for tool- work. A 

 •quarry was formerly worked in Creggs, from which good black 

 stones were procured, one forming the flag at the hall-door of 

 Lemonfield House, the seat of the 0' Flaherties. 



Arran Islands. — Great sheets of limestone of different shades of 

 grey and blue ; superior stone. On the north island, or Arran- 

 more, some of the beds are of considerable thickness, and without 

 joints for lengths of 150 feet to 200 feet or more, out of which 

 great monoliths might be procured. 



Newtown. Two miles from Grort. — Bluish-grey ; close-grained ; 

 fossiliferous ; works freely. 



Ballyleigh, near Grort. — A fine black stone, formerly worked as 

 a marble. 



Castleboy. Between Grort and Loughrea. — Bluish-grey to grey; 

 not difficult to work. 



Craughwett. Seven miles from Loughrea. — Bluish-grey ; an 

 easily- worked stone. 



Brackernagh, Ballinasloe. — Light to dark-grey ; close-grained, 

 crystalline ; hard ; an excellent stone ; polishes well ; can be raised 

 in large blocks; worked as a marble; used very extensively in 

 Dublin for all kinds of cut-stone purposes ; carriage, in waggon 

 loads, about 7s. 6d. per ton. 



