Kinahan — Slates and Clays {Bricks, 8fc). 79 



Derg, in Craglee, trials have been made, and in a few places slate 

 has been worked to a slight extent. 



In the west part of the county the shales in the Coal-measures 

 between Kilkee and Miltown Malbay are cleaved, and in places 

 have been worked for roofing slate. 



CORK. 



In this county good slates occur in the Silurian (?), the Devo- 

 nian, the Yellow Sandstone, and the Carboniferous slate. Lewis 

 mentions the following quarries in 1835 : — 



Prohust and Glentanc, respectively, N.W. and S.TV. of Mallow, 

 " the latter producing slate of superior quality " ; Ringabella (Cork 

 Harbour), " a slate quarry badly worked" ; Enniscarra, S. W. of 

 Cork ; Kilbrittan, S. E. of Ban don, " a good slate quarry " ; 

 Bracknagh, about eight miles W. S. W. of Bandon, " good slate 

 quarries " ; JEnniskeen, west of Bandon ; Mo/tanag/i, near Dun- 

 manway ; Rooska, north shore of Ban try Bay, about sixteen miles 

 from Berehaven, " an extensive quarry " ; Audley Cove and Tilemuck, 

 Ballydehob, " opened by the West Cork Mining Co., who, in 1834, 

 had 500 hands employed. The slate was of good quality, h;ird, 

 compact, durable, and had a ready sale in London and other 

 English markets " ; Sherkin Island, Baltimore Harbour, " an 

 excellent reddish, hard, and durable slate " ; in 1835 there were 

 100 hands employed, and many cargoes were shipped to England, 

 where they had a ready sale " ; near Clonakilty Bay, blue slate ; 

 Templeomalus, Clonakilty Bay, "good slate"; Fork-hill, N. E. of 

 Clonakilty, "excellent slate"; Bonaghmore, seven miles S. S. E. 

 of Clonakilty, " quarry of excellent slate " ; W. S. W. of Kinsale, 

 " some quarries of excellent slate " ; Robert's Cove, parish of Bally- 

 foil, ten miles N. E. of Kinsale, " valuable slate quarry; the slates 

 were formerly exported in the ships that brought coal to the bay " ; 

 Trabolgan, about six miles S.W. of Cloyne ; in 1835 there was "a 

 valuable and extensive quarry of good, durable, and well-coloured 

 slate, employing a good number of workmen " ; Carrigduff, south- 

 ward of Mallow, rough slates ; Berrygool. 



In some of those places mentioned by Lewis the slates are 

 undoubtedly good, and might be easily and cheaply worked, while 

 there are great facilities for shipping them to any market; yet 



