O’Flaherty stone is a proud Irish stone-masonry business. When we say “stone-masonry is our blood” we are not only referring to our 8th generations of stonemasons in our modern family lineage – we are also talking about our ancestors.

Our deep roots trace back to the 10th century, the O’Flahtery tribe was noted in the annals of Ireland in 1034. At the time, the O’Flaherty Tride predominantly dominated the area of Galway Bay. The O’Flaherty family was so powerful & ferocious that they seized Connaught & Flaherty O’Flaherty proclaimed himself as ‘The High King of Ireland’. Over the years, Many of the Irish families fell to the Normans. However, the O’Flaherty’s survived and guarded their Gaelic ancestry irrespective of the threat against them. 

The O’Flaherty’s were so powerful that the citizens of Galway, who were under the power of the Normans, built a wall to protect them against the family. On the wall the citizens wrote “From the ferocious O’Flaherties, Good Lord protect us”. For the next 400 years, the O’Flaherty family controlled Connemara. They began building castles, tower houses, churches and integrated into the domestic trade market. In Particular, Aughnanure Castle is a fine representation of how skilled the O’Flaherty stonemasons are.