Marble Whiskey Stones Ireland

The marble forms when limestone is heated under pressure.

Marble whiskey stones ireland.

The streamstown marble quarry. We design fun and functional gifts from materials such as slate marble wood and steel. Stephen walsh and his family welcome you to our connemara marble website. The whiskey stones measure approximately by by and come in a set of six.

Marble is the best stone for this purpose as it cools very quickly and is non porous. Hewn from pale green and grey marble found only in connemara in western ireland these whiskey stones will make a great souvenir especially paired with that bottle of. Streamstown marble quarry in clifden is the. We design fun and functional gifts from materials such as slate marble wood and steel.

Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland. Irish ice chilling stones nine cubes of connemara marble. Each rock may differ in shades of green as connemara marble is a naturally occurring stone. Not suitable for children.

The irish whiskey stone company is a small business based in kinvara in the west of ireland. The stones can be reused time and time again just wash and freeze again. The stones are made from connemara marble a green stone found only in western ireland. 4000 year old axes made from connemara marble in the stone age can be seen in the national museum of ireland.

While the colour is predominately green there are often shades of grey and brown seen throughout. My family have worked the beautiful green connemara marble for three generations and we take great pride in the irish jewelry and irish gifts that we produce.