List of windmills in Ireland

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

Locations

Down

See List of windmills in County Down

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 19th century[1] Windmill World
Dublin	St Patrick's Mill 53°20′38″N 6°17′02″W / 53.34398°N 6.2840°W	Tower		c. 1757	Windmill World
Garristown	Garristown Mill 53°33′47″N 6°23′38″W / 53.56316°N 6.3939°W	Tower			Windmill World
Skerries	Shallock Hill Mill 53°34′28″N 6°06′48″W / 53.57455°N 6.1132°W	Tower		1578[2]	Windmill World
Skerries	Great Mill[3] 53°34′30″N 6°06′37″W / 53.57501°N 6.1103°W	Tower		Late 18th century[2]	Windmill World

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	Tower		1800	Windmill World

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	Tower	1839	1839	Windmill World

Derry

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	Tower		1860[5]	Windmill World
Limavady	Limavady Junction[6]	Titt iron wind engine

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	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	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	Tower		1790s[7]	Windmill World
Pepperstown	53°53′15″N 6°31′53″W / 53.88751°N 6.5315°W	Tower			Windmill World
Piperstown	53°46′59″N 6°20′23″W / 53.78319°N 6.3398°W	Tower			Windmill World
Termonfeckin	Termonfeckin Mill 53°46′02″N 6°16′13″W / 53.76712°N 6.2703°W	Tower	1778	1778	Windmill World
Whitemill	Whitemill Mill 54°02′41″N 6°23′41″W / 54.04463°N 6.3947°W	Tower			Windmill World

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	Tower			Windmill World
Bartramstown	Bartramstown Mill 53°35′36″N 6°22′40″W / 53.59341°N 6.3779°W	Tower			Windmill World
Corballis	Corballis Mill 53°40′17″N 6°15′24″W / 53.67135°N 6.2566°W	Tower	1836	1836	Windmill World
Stameen	Stameen Mill 53°42′57″N 6°17′47″W / 53.71594°N 6.2965°W	Tower			Windmill World

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″W / 53.95980°N 6.6569°W	tower	1778	1778	Windmill World
Carrivetragh	Carrivetragh Mill 54°12′28″N 7°13′46″W / 54.20784°N 7.2295°W	Tower			Windmill World

Offaly

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	Tower			Windmill World

Roscommon

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Correal	Lobinroe Mill	Tower		c. 1750[8]	Windmill World
Elphin	Elphin Mill 53°51′07″N 8°12′19″W / 53.85188°N 8.2053°W	Tower		c. 1730[8]	Windmill World
Rindoon		Post[9]
Rindoon	St John's Woods	Tower[9]

Waterford

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

Wexford

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

Maps

• 1778 Taylor & Skinner's map of Louth
• 1836 Ordnance Survey

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.

Sources

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

References

1. "Dalkey Windmill". Dalkey. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
2. "The Mills in Skerries - A little history". Skerries Mills. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
3. Five sails
4. Six Sails
5. "Your Place and Mine". BBC Radio Ulster. 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. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
8. "4.8. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY" (PDF). Roscommon County Council. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
9. "Windmill". g8-w8. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
10. "BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS GREGORY (GREG) FEWER". Greg Fewer. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
11. "Vinegar Hill Windmill". Go Ireland. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
12. "Tacumshane Windmill". Go Ireland. Retrieved 22 June 2009.