- Situated on the Blessington Lakes, Ballyknockan village has a tradition of stone cutting with the materials abundant from the granite quarries around which the village is built. This web site will give information on the local area of Ballyknockan and the craft of stonecutting Introduction to Ballyknockan A walk through the village Ballyknockan Heritage Festival 30th June to Sunday 2nd July 2000 ...homepage.eircom.net/~tbowen