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IVhitechurch. South of Cappoquin. — Light-grey ; hard ; diffi- 

 cult to dress ; has been used in the town of Dungarvan, five miles 

 distant ; also in the railway and other bridges. 



Shandon (Dungarvan). — Dark-grey; not good for dressed- 

 work ; much inferior to that of Whitechurch, but more easily 

 dressed; used in building the Courthouse ; gives superior lime.') 



Oughboy. — A mile, from Lismore. Light-grey; hard, but 

 brittle ; coarse ; easy to work. 



Between Lismore and Dungarvan there are in places small 

 quarries, where fair stone for tool- work has been procured. Some 

 beds take a good polish, and have been used as marbles. 



Dunkitt. — Here, and also on the north side of the Suir (Co. Kil- 

 kenny), limestone has been extensively quarried, to be sent down the 

 Suir and up and down the Barrow, to supply the counties of Wex- 

 ford, Kilkenny, and eastern Waterf ord, with stones for lime-burning. 

 It is a thin-bedded, shaly, earthy stone ; but as it can be cheaply 

 carried by water to Waterf ord, it has been very extensively, though 

 not always advantageously, used there. 



Good lime, but dark-coloured in general. 



Westmeath. 



Except in a few isolated places, Carboniferous limestones occupy 

 the whole of this area. The rock is, however, comparatively speak- 

 ing, seldom seen ; and when it comes near the surface it is usually 

 of the Calp type ; or of a character unsuitable for cut-stone material. 

 For this purpose limestone is principally obtained from Clonmac- 

 noise, King's Co., and Ballinasloe, Co. Gralway, and formerly from 

 Rosscastle, Co. Meath. A good stone, also used as a marble, occurs 

 near Moate, while others have been extensively quarried about 

 Mullingar, and used in that town : the stones, however, near Mul- 

 lingar do not give fine or durable work. 



Mall. Three miles south-west of Moate. — Grrey, with splashes 

 of white and red : of good quality, worked as a marble; extensively 

 used in the new Exchange, Manchester, and in other places iu 

 England. 



Bmibrosna and Multyfarnham. — Dark-blue to blackish ; even- 

 bedded. Various quarries, at which the stones are principally raised 

 for rubble work and flagging. 



