List of windmills in Ireland

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This is a list of windmills in Ireland, split by the thirty-two counties that comprise the island.

Contents

[edit] Locations

[edit] Down

See List of windmills in County Down

[edit] Dublin

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Dalkey Dalkey Quarry Wind engine 1860[1] Late C19th[1]
Windmill World
Dublin St Patrick's Mill
53°20′38″N 6°17′02″W / 53.34398°N 6.2840°W / 53.34398; -6.2840		 Tower c1757 Windmill World
Garristown Garristown Mill
53°33′47″N 6°23′38″W / 53.56316°N 6.3939°W / 53.56316; -6.3939		 Tower Windmill World
Skerries Shallock Hill Mill
53°34′28″N 6°06′48″W / 53.57455°N 6.1132°W / 53.57455; -6.1132		 Tower 1578[2] Windmill World
Skerries Great Mill[3]
53°34′30″N 6°06′37″W / 53.57501°N 6.1103°W / 53.57501; -6.1103		 Tower Late C18th[2] Windmill World Mills of Skerries.jpg

[edit] Kerry

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Tralee Blennerville Mill
52°15′24″N 9°44′14″W / 52.25669°N 9.7373°W / 52.25669; -9.7373		 Tower 1800 Windmill World Blennerville windmill.jpg

[edit] Kilkenny

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Croan Croan Mill
52°28′40″N 7°16′06″W / 52.47790°N 7.2684°W / 52.47790; -7.2684		 Tower 1839 1839 Windmill World


[edit] Londonderry

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Knockclogrim Knocklogrim Mill[4]
54°49′00″N 6°36′49″W / 54.81664°N 6.6137°W / 54.81664; -6.6137		 Tower 1860[5] Windmill World
Limavady Limavady Junction[6] Titt iron wind engine


[edit] Louth

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Ardee Christians Hill Mill
53°52′14″N 6°31′24″W / 53.87058°N 6.5232°W / 53.87058; -6.5232		 Tower 1778 1778 Gone by 1835
Windmill World
Dundalk Carnanbregagh Mill
53°58′45″N 6°25′29″W / 53.97919°N 6.4246°W / 53.97919; -6.4246		 Tower 1778 1778 Gone by 1835
Windmill World
Dundalk Seatown Mill
54°00′21″N 6°23′21″W / 54.00583°N 6.3891°W / 54.00583; -6.3891		 Tower 1790s[7] Windmill World
Pepperstown 53°53′15″N 6°31′53″W / 53.88751°N 6.5315°W / 53.88751; -6.5315 Tower Windmill World
Piperstown 53°46′59″N 6°20′23″W / 53.78319°N 6.3398°W / 53.78319; -6.3398 Tower Windmill World
Termonfeckin Termonfeckin Mill
53°46′02″N 6°16′13″W / 53.76712°N 6.2703°W / 53.76712; -6.2703		 Tower 1778 1778 Windmill World
Whitemill Whitemill Mill
54°02′41″N 6°23′41″W / 54.04463°N 6.3947°W / 54.04463; -6.3947		 Tower Windmill World


[edit] Meath

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Balrath Balrath Mill
53°37′24″N 6°28′50″W / 53.62334°N 6.4806°W / 53.62334; -6.4806		 Tower Windmill World
Bartramstown Bartramstown Mill
53°35′36″N 6°22′40″W / 53.59341°N 6.3779°W / 53.59341; -6.3779		 Tower Windmill World
Corballis Corballis Mill
53°40′17″N 6°15′24″W / 53.67135°N 6.2566°W / 53.67135; -6.2566		 Tower 1836 1836 Windmill World
Stameen Stameen Mill
53°42′57″N 6°17′47″W / 53.71594°N 6.2965°W / 53.71594; -6.2965		 Tower Windmill World

[edit] Monaghan

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Ballymackney Ballymackney Mill
53°57′35″N 6°39′25″E / 53.95980°N 6.6569°E / 53.95980; 6.6569		 tower 1778 1778 Windmill World
Carrivetragh Carrivetragh Mill
54°12′28″N 7°13′46″W / 54.20784°N 7.2295°W / 54.20784; -7.2295		 Tower Windmill World

[edit] Ofally

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Cloghan Beg Cloghan Beg Mill
53°10′03″N 8°01′21″W / 53.16758°N 8.0225°W / 53.16758; -8.0225		 Tower Windmill World

[edit] Roscommon

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Correal Lobinroe Mill Tower c1750[8] Windmill World
Elphin Elphin Mill
53°51′07″N 8°12′19″W / 53.85188°N 8.2053°W / 53.85188; -8.2053		 Tower c1730[8] Windmill World
Rindoon Post[9]
Rindoon St John's Woods Tower[9]


[edit] Wexford

Location Name of mill and
coordinate		 Type Maps First mention
or built		 Last mention
or demise		 Photograph
Ballinvella Ballinvella Mill[10] Tower[10] Windmill World
Enniscorthy Vinegar Hill Mill
52°30′05″N 6°33′12″W / 52.50147°N 6.5532°W / 52.50147; -6.5532		 tower 1798[11] Windmill World
Hook Peninsula Hook Mill Tower Windmill World
Libgate Libgate Mill
52°11′05″N 6°34′22″W / 52.18480°N 6.5727°W / 52.18480; -6.5727		 Tower Windmill World
Mullanour 52°18′42″N 6°32′04″W / 52.31157°N 6.5344°W / 52.31157; -6.5344 Tower Windmill World
Rosslare Harbour Tagoat Mill
52°14′43″N 6°23′02″W / 52.24533°N 6.3838°W / 52.24533; -6.3838		 Tower Windmill World
Tacumshane Tacumshane Mill
52°12′32″N 6°25′28″W / 52.20877°N 6.4244°W / 52.20877; -6.4244		 Tower 1846[12] Windmill World


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[edit] Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

[edit] Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the sources for these entries are Windmill World, Eire mills and Windmill World, Northern Ireland mills

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Dalkey Windmill". Dalkey. http://www.dalkeyhomepage.ie/windmill.html. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "The Mills in Skerries - A little history". Skerries Mills. http://www.skerriesmills.org/mills.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  3. ^ Five sails
  4. ^ Six Sails
  5. ^ "Your Place and Mine". BBC Radio Ulster. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/londonderry/A803602.shtml. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  6. ^ Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society. 
  7. ^ Caroline McGill. "THE TALLEST WINDMILL IN IRELAND". Irish Ancestries. http://www.irishancestries.com/articles/article-seatownwindmill-p1.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  8. ^ a b "4.8. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY". Roscommon County Council. http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/services/heritage/Heritage%20Access%20Audit%20of%20Co.%20Roscommon/Section%204%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Inventory,%204.8%20Industrial%20Archaeology.pdf. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  9. ^ a b "Windmill". g8-w8. http://www.g8-w8.com/rindoon/Windmill.htm. Retrieved 2 July 2009. 
  10. ^ a b "BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS GREGORY (GREG) FEWER". Greg Fewer. http://www.oocities.com/gregory_fewer/bibtgf.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  11. ^ "Vinegar Hill Windmill". Go Ireland. http://www.goireland.com/wexford/vinegar-hill-windmill-attraction-windmills-id12308.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
  12. ^ "Tacumshane Windmill". Go Ireland. http://www.goireland.com/wexford/tacumshane-windmill-attraction-windmills-id12366.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
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