Whilst not directly related to industrial heritage, the extensive use of stone in Ireland's built heritage merits a mention. Stone Upon Stone takes a look at the use of stone in Irish Building from prehistoric times to today.
The main use of stone in buildings in Ireland was in castles, churches and industrial structures. Whilst the former two are of no interest to the student of industrial archaeology, chapters entitled "Equipment, Men & Commerce" and "Famine, Science & Commerce" deal extensively with industrial heritage. There are further references to IH interspersed throughout the book.
One error that I noticed concerns a building that I have had connections with in recent years, the Man Engine House at Allihies in south west County Cork. The author describes the engine house as "The chimney at the copper smelting installation at the mines near Allihies". The history of this building is far more interesting than that. The building was a Cornish design engine house, whereby the building structure is an integral part of the engine - without it, the engine could not function. This engine house is more interesting again, in that it is the most intact Cornish design man engine house in the world (a man engine, as its name suggests, was used to move men up and down the mine shaft).
An appendix is provided about "An Gobán Soar", a figure of legend in stone masonry and building and a glossary of technical terms completes the publication.