Connemara Marble Quarry

Connemara Marble Quarry is a quarry in County Galway, Connacht. Connemara Marble Quarry is situated nearby to Emlaghdauroe, as well as near the peak Benglenisky.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benglenisky and Connemara Heritage and History Centre.

Benglenisky

Peak

Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Benglenisky at 516 metres, is the 368th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benglenisky is the second most southern peak, after neighbouring Benlettery, of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the lowest of the core Twelve Bens.

Connemara Heritage and History Centre

Museum

The Connemara Heritage and History Centre, also called Dan O'Hara's Homestead, is an open-air museum in the village of Lettershea, near the town of Clifden, County Galway, in the Connemara region, Ireland. Connemara Heritage and History Centre is situated 2½ km southwest of Connemara Marble Quarry.

Bendouglas

Peak

Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Benlettery at 557 metres, is the 259th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benlettery is in the southernmost peak of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 11th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens. Bendouglas is situated 3 km southeast of Connemara Marble Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Letterfrack and Clifden.

Letterfrack

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Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.

Clifden

Photo: Bert Kaufmann, Public domain.

Clifden is a small town on the northwest coast of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It grew up as a harbour and market town, then after the Famine became a coast resort with its present Victorian architecture.

Connemara Marble Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.49452° or 53° 29′ 40″ north

Longitude

-9.88428° or 9° 53′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C5GF4V8+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 250806209

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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