Doughiska Marble Quarry

Material Source Icon Doughiska Marble Quarry Heritage Site Icon Heritage Site(s)
County:
Galway
Townland:
Doughiska
Status:
Inactive
Primary Rock Type:
Limestone
Start Date:
Owner/Operator(s):
1814-1845: Blake, Charles; 1814-1840: Blake, Georgina; 1814-1852: Blake family; 1845-1852: Blake, Charles Kilmaine; 1852-1876: Hodgson, Henry; 1870s-1892ca: Sibthorpe, Henry & Son; 1876-1914: Waithman, Robert William; 1876-1945: Waithman family; 1905ca: Galway Granite Quarry and Marble Works Ltd.; 1905ca: Courtenay, Arthur H.; 1914-1922: Waithman, William Sharp; 1921-1930ca: The New Marble Company Ltd.; 1921-1930ca: McKeever, John William; 1922-1945: Waithman, Wyndham; 1930ca-1975: Irish Marble Industries Ltd.; 1933ca-1936ca: Whitehead and Sons Ltd.
GSI Geoheritage Site Code:
GC006

Part of:

Merlin Park Marble Quarries

References

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