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Valentia Slate

@ValSlate

Historic underground slate quarry first opened in 1816 and still in production. Local natural stone is the lowest carbon construction material. CE marked.

 Valentia Island, Ireland
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Joined November 2019
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RTÉ Archives@RTEArchives29 Aug 2023
WATCH: Plans to reestablish slate quarry on Valentia Island RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1988 tiny.cc/6xcavz From the RTÉ Archives News Collection @ValSlate
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RIAI@RIAIOnline22 Jun 2023
Second Place in this year’s #RIAIPublicChoice goes to Béal na Bláth Centenary by @Corkcoco CPIU Architects with @stwarchitects and Prof. Finola O'Kane. A public space that has both utility and meaning in an important cultural landscape @morningireland
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Funding from the Heritage Council’s Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme has meant Pat Chambers' 100-year-old family farm building was repaired and conserved rather than demolished. Apply to conserve your traditional farm structure. @IFAmedia @agriculture_ie @farmersjournal
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Unforgettable journey! #BealNaBlath
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Image from Giulia Vallone (@Giulia_Vallone)
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Image from Giulia Vallone (@Giulia_Vallone)
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A vision started years ago has come true today!
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Patsy Lynch@patsylynch18 Sep 2020
The Mystical Skellig Michael shrouded in fog #VMWeather @WeatherRTE @MetEireann @SkelligSix18 @WAWHour @wildatlanticway
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Patsy Lynch@patsylynch10 Sep 2020
The magnificent Valentina Harbour from the Slate Quarry @wildatlanticIRL @WAWHour @WeatherRTE @MetEireann @Michael_O_Regan @todayInIreland @johbees @donalcronin @Evanis #VMWeather
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Early medieval landscape par excellence. Kimego West, Cahersiveen, Co Kerry with 3 stone cashels. Cathair na gCat KE079-011 unexcavated, Lecananabuile KE079-016 excavated 1939-40 and Cahergal KE079-024 excavated 1990-1. All within 500m of each other. Markus Casey 2003.
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Image from The Heritage Council (@HeritageHubIRE)
Image from The Heritage Council (@HeritageHubIRE)
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Another monastic site - Illaunloughan in Portmagee Channel, Valentia, Co Kerry KE087-036. An oratory, a leacht and gable-shrine, a hut and and even its own well, all dating from late 7th-9th century AD. Excavated and conserved in the 1990s. Markus Casey collection 2003.
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Another Kerry promontory fort, this is Reencaheragh KE087-046 with gatehouse and house site near Valentia. From the late Markus Casey 2003 aerial survey of coastal promontroy forts
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Image from The Heritage Council (@HeritageHubIRE)
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Blue is Limestone and brown is shale/sandstone. Both were laid down in Carboniferous but there is a gap between them when some erosion took place; dots on younger side. All about 330 million years ago. From @GeolSurvIE's Geotechnical Viewer. Great resource #terroir #lovekillarney
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Were Miller & Co in central Dublin the last copper pot still makers in Ireland? @Killarneydistil constructed and commissioned 2 x 2000 litre whisky stills in house recently but who/what came before us? #lovekillarney
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Daffodils on our Valentia slate bench...#ParkLife #Heritage #Seasons
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Lovely illustration of the Valentia Slate quarry in Kerry, found in 'The Building Site in 18th Century Ireland' by Arthur Gibney, Eddie McParland and Livia Hurley. #localstone
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SPAB Ireland@SPABIreland25 Jan 2020
We are delighted to announce that our next evening lecture will be in the Custom House, Dublin on Tuesday 18th of Feb on the subject of the conservation of Skellig Michael, one of Ireland's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Full details & tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/spab-ireland…
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Colin@colinoconnor10 Aug 2019
Paid a visit to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster,of course I had to check out the Valentia slate on the floors of St Stephen’s Hall.
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Fantastic sighting in Killarney National Park via @DeptAHG - the spread of the Great Spotted Woodpecker continues 🙂
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@DeptCultureIRL23 Nov 2019
Spotted! A Great Spotted Woodpecker recently seen in Killarney National Park. The first confirmed sighting of the woodland specialist in Co. Kerry! We hope it will be the first of a number to become an established breeding species in the National Park. 📸 David O’Connor
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