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\u200bQuarried, Carved and Crafted – Ballinasloe’s Limestone Legacy is an ambitious cross<\/span>\u2011<\/span>community heritage and arts project that celebrates Ballinasloe\u2019s deep-rooted limestone-working traditions and the people whose skills shaped the town\u2019s built environment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Developed collaboratively by Ballinasloe & District Heritage Society, Group 8, and the Galway County Council Heritage Office, the project highlights the enduring cultural, architectural, and social significance of Ballinasloe limestone and the generations of stone cutters, masons, quarry workers, and craftspeople whose work is embedded in the fabric of the town.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

At its core, the initiative seeks to document the history of local quarries, gather oral histories from families and individuals with connections to stone-working, and explore how Ballinasloe limestone has shaped the town\u2019s architectural and social development. These findings will be interpreted through a suite of engaging and publicly accessible outputs, including an illustrated booklet that blends heritage research with artistic interpretation; a short documentary film capturing the landscapes, stories, and craftsmanship central to the project; and a three- to four<\/span>\u2011<\/span>episode podcast series that features interviews, site visits, and creative reflections.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

For more information contact the Galway County Heritage Officer at: <\/span>mmannion@galwaycoco.ie<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41749,"template":"","class_list":["post-41748","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuarried, Carved and Crafted - Ballinasloe's Limestone Legacy - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u200bQuarried, Carved and Crafted - Ballinasloe's Limestone Legacy is an ambitious cross\u2011community heritage and arts project that celebrates Ballinasloe\u2019s deep-rooted limestone-working traditions and the people whose skills shaped the town\u2019s built environment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quarried, Carved and Crafted - Ballinasloe's Limestone Legacy - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u200bQuarried, Carved and Crafted – Ballinasloe’s Limestone Legacy is an ambitious cross\u2011community heritage and arts project that celebrates Ballinasloe\u2019s deep-rooted limestone-working traditions and the people whose skills shaped the town\u2019s built environment.  Developed collaboratively by Ballinasloe & District Heritage Society, Group 8, and the Galway County Council Heritage Office, the project highlights the enduring cultural, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/\",\"name\":\"Quarried, Carved and Crafted - Ballinasloe's Limestone Legacy - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/limestone-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-21T02:02:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/limestone-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/limestone-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/quarried-carved-and-crafted-ballinasloes-limestone-legacy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Quarried, Carved and Crafted – Ballinasloe’s Limestone Legacy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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