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PaJcenham Hall. A mile from Coole. — Dark-grey ; crystalline ; 

 fossiliferous ; earthy ; a fair stone. 



Kerry. Three miles from Mullingar. — Dark-grey to blackish ; 

 compact ; earthy ; in part shaly ; works freely ; used in the 

 Catholic Church, Mullingar. 



Fulmore. — Seven miles from Mullingar. Dark-grey to blackish ; 

 Calp type. Large stones can be raised, which were used in the 

 Railway Works and Mullingar. 



Lime good, but dark-coloured. Hydraulic limestone occurs at 

 Donore, where other beds give a very good lime. 



Wexford. 



In this co anty there is very little Carboniferous limestone, as 

 it only occurs near Wexford, in a strip running south-west from 

 the south of the harbour to the sea, near Duncormick, and in the 

 promontory of the Hook. It is not much used for building pur- 

 poses, although formerly much quarried for lime-burning. It is 

 more or less of the Calp type, and not well suited for cut-stone 

 purposes. Large blocks can be raised, and the stone from the 

 Drinagh quarries, south of Wexford, were used in the construc- 

 tion of the new pier at Ballygeery in the South Bay. The quays 

 also, and other buildings, have been built from similar stones, 

 procured here or in the quarries in the neighbourhood. The lime- 

 stone at Drinagh is in part hydraulic. 



In the Ordovician rocks there are beds of limestone and calca- 

 reous tuffs. The limestones are used principally for lime-burning, 

 especially one bed near Courtown Harbour, which is in part 

 hydraulic. The tuffose limestones dress easily, and have been 

 used in the railway bridges, but they do not appear to be durable. 



Grood strong but dark- coloured lime from the Carboniferous 

 limestone; the Ordovician limestones also give strong dark-coloured 

 lime, but not good returns. In old times, even at considerable 

 distances from the coast, sea-shells were burnt into lime. 



Hydraulic lime can be made from some of the beds in the 

 Drinagh quarries, while a poorer hydraulic limestone occurs at 

 Courtown. 



