Tuogh Marble Quarry

Tuogh Marble Quarry

County:: Limerick
Townland:: Tuogh
Status:: Inactive
Primary Rock Type:: Limestone
Start Date:
Owner/Operator(s):: 1858: Wyndham-Quin, Edwin Richard

Part of:

Limerick Coloured Marble Quarries

Notes:

Prices: 1s 4d per ton (Hunt, 1860, p. 325)

Pugin's chimneypiece in the main hall — Adare Manor, Tuogh Limestone from Tuogh Marble Quarry, Pugin’s chimneypiece in the main hall

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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