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We recommend booking Old Slate Quarry tours ahead of time to secure your spot. If you book with Tripadvisor you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. See all 4 Old Slate Quarry tours on Tripadvisor
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Book your tickets online for Old Slate Quarry Valentia Island See 87 reviews articles and 45 photos of Old Slate Quarry ranked No.5 on Tripadvisor among 18 attractions in Valentia Island. Historic quarry where slate roofs from all over Ireland were sourced. Has been closed for a century. All you see is the entrance to the mine. Now
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Old Slate Quarry Valentia Island Address Phone Number Old Slate Quarry Reviews 45 All reviews paris opera interesting history interesting place well worth a visit shrine grotto parliament road ireland valentia views drive piled island detour car. Beverley wrote a review Been to London or Paris and youll have seen Valentia slate
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Old Slate Quarry is located in Valentia Island. Plan to visit Old Slate Quarry during your Valentia Island vacation using our convenient Valentia Island road trip planning tool.
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Perched high up on a towering hill is Valentia Islands old slate quarry. Here slate was hollowed out for many years going to roof such prestigious premises as the British Parliament and Paris Opera House. When the slate ran out so did much of the islands prosperity. The gaping cavern that was left behind now houses a religious grotto. A statue of the Virgin Mary was erected in 1954 and
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Valentia Slate. 1096 likes 183 69 talking about this. Irelands Only Slate Quarry
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Over the past 10 years Valentia slate has been expanding slowly and is now a favourite by many architects who come back year after year. As Valentia Slate Ltd. mostly sell directly from the quarry and has no sales people on the road it is often said the Valentia Slate is Irelands best kept secret.
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The Vikings plundered all over Ireland a thousand years ago but they left Valentia Island untouched. It is preserved with pre
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Check out the best tours and activities to experience Valentia Slate Quarry. Dont miss out on great deals for things to do on your trip to Ring of Kerry Reserve your spot today and pay when youre ready for thousands of tours on Viator.
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Open Not currently open to the public Location The Promenade Knightstown Valentia Island Prior to the laying of the Transatlantic Cable it took approximately two weeks from a message to reach North America from Europe weather permitting as all communications were sent via boat. The idea of a transatlantic cable was
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Valentia Slate Quarry. Looking down from Miners View we saw the Valentia slate quarry which opened in 1816. Mining slate provided employment during the Irish potato famine years in the 1840s. The drive to the Valentia Island slate quarry from the Geokaun
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Located on Valentia Island the Slate Quarry was opened in 1816 by the Knight of Kerry and supplied slate to Londons prestigious Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The quarry operated for almost 100 years before it was closed by a rock fall in 1911.
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Valentia Slate Quarry in southwest Ireland produces a wide range of quality products. These include floor tiles counter tops sills fire surrounds vanity units shower trays bath surrounds ornamental furniture garden furniture steps stairs bar counters name plates grave surrounds and memorials building stone and many other products.
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On a recent trip to Valentia Island we visited the Slate Quarry. It is a unique place with a remarkable history. You can also visit the Heritage Centre where you get all the history of the quarry. I would highly recommend a visit
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Location Dohilla Valentia Island. The Slate Quarry first opened in 1816 under the direction of the Knight of Kerry and has been a working quarry on and off since that date.
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The Valentia Island Slate Quarry was first opened in 1816 by the Knight of Kerry. The quality of the slate quarried has made this quarry world famous and used on many famous building worldwide. These include Londons Houses of Parliament Paris Opera House and many snooker tables.
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160The slate quarry was reopened a number of years ago and again Valentia Island State is being successfully exporting around the world along with providing local employment. For more information please visit www.valentiaslate.com. Imovable Statue of The Virgin Mary did not get where it is today on Valentia Island without local help
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The Valentia Slate Quarry was opened in 1816 by the Knights of Kerry and was run as a commercially slate quarry for almost 100 years until it was closed by a rock fall at the mouth of the quarry in 1911. At its peak it employed up to four hundred people and supplied slate to
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Mar 11 2019nbsp018332Valentia Slate produced from an island of slate just off the coast of the Ring of Kerry in the southwest of Ireland has a new owner. The slate which has been used for repairs to the floors of the Houses of Parliament in England since 2004 as well as the Irish homes of Sarah Jessica Parker Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City and Irish singer
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Apr 08 2015nbsp018332The rights to 130acres of the slate plus the equipment to process it could be yours. The slate from the island of Valentia off the coast of the Ring of Kerry in the south
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Valentia Slate has graced unique and iconic buildings around the world including Westminster and St Pauls Cathedral and famous homes in Ireland belonging to the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and
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The Grotto in this case a statue of the BVM together with Saint Marie
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Handmade Valentia Slate. A Rock Fall Closed The Mine In 1910 It Remained Abandoned Until The 1954 Marian Year When Statues Of Our Lady amp Bernadette Where Placed High Above The Quarry Entrance. The Slate Quarry First Opened In 1816 Under The Direction Of The Knight Of Kerry And Has Been A Working Quarry On And Off Since That Date.
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At one time hundreds of slate quarries operated in Ireland but the Irish potato famine in 1847 undermined the Irish slate industry when many Irish emigrated to the U.S. Today there is only one working slate quarry in Ireland the Valentia quarry on Valentia Island off the southwest coast.
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