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Welcome to Kerry Woollen Mills where you can view skills that have been in existence for hundreds of years, as well as purchase high quality goods that will serve as a long lasting reminder of your trip to Ireland....

The very damaged remains of a mortered stone building, possibly square in shape, with well-built walls, and the remains of a doorway on the east side. There was possibly a paddle-wheel turning in a channel, connected to a shaft in a cogwheel inside the building....

On the western side of Corranroo Bay are the ruins of another mill that continued operating until the 1920's. On the wall is an inscribed stone slab that reads - B.B.Esq. 1804 - ; the reference is most likely to Bartholomew de Basterot....

Set in a picturesque wooded glen on the banks of the Ballinderry River, west of Cookstown, stands Wellbrook the last working beetling mill in Northern Ireland....

The oldest surviving building here is said to be 400 years old. Indeed, the whole complex is an interesting reminder of a stage in the industrial development of this country which has now given way to a more sophisticated, but usually far less fascinating technology. The visitor to Newmills can experience the pleasure of seeing one of the largest waterwheels in Ireland in action as it drives the machinery of the corn mills.

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This old mill with its Danish architecture dates back to about the 11th Century and was a focal point in the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the farming community. In the early 19th Century there was a brewery and distillery on this site....

Craanford Mill is a 17th century watermill housed in a domestic scale structure. This corn-grinding mill has been restored to full working order. The works are on view to visitors with interpretive data, explanatory exhibits and wholesome food served on the kiln loft.

The Flagstone floors have been worn by 200 years of shuffling feet, the stairs creek in mild complaint and on one side of the room, sacks of freshly ground meal slouch against each other, Outside the mill wheel waits for...

These mills are early 19th century tall structures of rough-cut limestone....

Ireland's most picturesque cornmill is to be found beside Annalong harbour at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. Built in the early 1800s, it operated until the 1960's, being one of Ulster's last working watermills. The complex contains a grain-drying kiln and 3 pairs of millstones. It is powered by a 15ft waterwheel (a form of technology over 2000 years old) and a 1920's Marshall 'hot-bulb' 20hp engine.
Acquired by Newry and Mourne District Council, restoration began in 1983, and it re...