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for punched, chiselled, or moulded work. The stone is of a good 

 grey colour ; hard and durable ; it flies well before the punch and 

 chisels to a good surface, but not so fine as that of the Ardbreccan 

 stone, or of that of Sheephouse, Co. Meath (M. Mellen). 



Ballykilboy and Strangs Mills. — Waterford City, in the Govern- 

 ment offices and public buildings. Granite and limestone dressings 

 in both buildings worked freely (W. D. Williams). 



LEITBJM. 



Carboniferous. 



Carrick Klevy Station. — Carrick-on-Shannon Roman Catholic 

 Church. Durable ; squares well under the hammer. For chiselled 

 work the stones were brought from Lanesborough and Creeve, Co. 

 Longford. 



LONGFORD. 



Carboniferous. 



Creeve. Near Longford. — Used for dressings in the Eoman 

 Catholic Church, Carrick-on-Shannon ; in the Bishop's Palace, 

 and in the Asylum, Mullingar ; in the Crummy School, half-way 

 between Carrick and Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim ; and in Cloon- 

 morris School, between Dromod and Newtown Forbes. 



Lanesborough. — For dressings used in the Ballymahon School; 

 in the Eoman Catholic Church, Carrick-on-Shannon ; and in the 

 new Convent, Sligo. 



Ballymahon. — Very brittle ; hard ; difficult to work ; durable. 

 Used for rubble in the National School. 



MAYO. 



Carboniferous. 



Moyne (Ballina). — Used for dressing and walling in the Eoman 

 Catholic Cathedral, Ballina, and in various buildings, both modern 

 and ancient, as given in the descriptions of the Mayo quarries. 

 " Works freely ; found durable ; but weathers of a bad colour " 

 {R. Coekrane). 



