Material Source Details

Cloonagh (Clonagh) Limestone Quarries

County:: Limerick
Townland:: Kilscannell and Reens East
Status:: Inactive
Primary Rock Type:: Limestone
Start Date:
Owner/Operator(s):: 1860: Maunsell, D. M.

Part of:

Notes:

The location of these quarries (referred to as Cloonagh) is described as 'beyond Rathkeale' in the Memorials of Adare Manor. Three quarries, one at the village of Reens and two just west, immediately south of the townland of Clonagh, a few miles west of Rathkeale. In 1858 the marble cost about 6 d. per cube foot.

Adare Manor, exterior, including red and yellow stone sourced from Donoman (Dunnaman), brownish red stone from Cloonagh (Clonagh), red stone from Clorane (Clorhane) and uniform grey limestone from Tuogh.

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