OUR VISION
Here you can find out about our unique assets and the (sometimes outrageous) plans we have for them. In everything we do, we try to safeguard and preserve heritage, built and natural, give a helping hand to our struggling biodiversity, reduce our carbon pawprint and live more sustainably.
Our mill is likely over 200 years old, which means it could date to the late 1700s. It has two water wheels - one for shelling and one for grinding, each powered by a different water source, a completely unique feature in all of Ireland.
It was thatched until 1959 and stopped operating over 50 years ago, in 1969.
The cottage dates back at least 195 years, but likely a lot more. We believe it used to be the miller's house that once fronted the main road. In the mid-1800s, a new house was constructed for the miller, and the kilnman and his family moved to the cottage to tend to the newly-built kilns overnight. It once house a family of 13.
Built in the mid-1800s, the two double kiln became a big part of the mill's operations. Even though it collapsed after years of disuse, it remains a beautiful ruin and landscape feature, with two rounded corners a true testament to the craftsmanship of the era. A curved ramp to the drying floor is still legible among the collapsed stonework.
The site is accessed through a recently re-opened historic approach laneway, lined with mature trees on both sides and a mill race on one. This open up to a courtyard of sorts, surrounded by the three buildings. Here, the streams join and split off again to serve the two wheels and an old eel trap, before going off to join the nearby river.
