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The Barnacullia quarries are a number of former, and current, granite quarries in the townland of Barnacullia on the north-eastern slopes of Three Rock Mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. According to a Historic Landscape Character Assessment (HLCA) conducted in 2006, the area was at one point "an i
mportant source of granite for the buildings of nearby Dublin". The main quarry at Barnacullia is sometimes referred to as Murphystone quarry, after the name of a company who used/uses it, or Blue Light quarry after the name of a well-known nearby pub. Other quarries onsite include Black Quarry, where UPC Communications Ireland Ltd erected a stayed telecommunications mast.
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