In 1823, the thunder of blasting powder echoed across the Wicklow Mountains when commercial granite quarries opened at Ballyknockan (Buaile an Chnocáin, pronounced BWEE-lah ahn KHROK-awn) to supply the grey stone that would become "the skeleton of Dublin," transforming this pe…
Ballyknockan is a small place in County Wicklow. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.