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Foxford Woollen Mills Visitor Centre is a unique centre allowing you to step back in time to 1892 when Mother Agnes, an Irish Sister of Charity came to Foxford and set up the Woollen Mill. You can trace her determined struggle to establish the mill.
The Foxford Woollen Mills Visitor Centre also incorporates the Mill Shop, Olde Mill Restaurant, jewellery workshop, woodcrafting, art galleries and much more.
Facilities include a tourist information office, a bureau de change, ba...

Abbey Assaroe was founded by Cistercian Monks from Boyle Abbey in the late 12th century. In 1989 the Abbey Mill Restoration Trust acquired the derelict Mills, restoring the mill buildings and water wheels for use as an Auditorium and Coffee Shop. At the Auditorium a video film on the Heritage of the Monastery and Mill can be viewed on request....

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.

Restricted access for visitors with disabilities....

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....

This historic property, founded in 1919, is now owned by the National Trust and the last working water-driven spade mill in Ireland. Guided tours show the whole fascinating process from heating a block of metal in the forge through to the finished product, while an exhibition on site reveals some of the history and culture of this humble spade. In addition you can explore the mill race and even buy a turf garden spade on site.

Through guided tours, the fascinating process of spade m...

Upon arrival each visitor is shown how to bake a loaf of Brown Bread. Each person's loaf is then put on the oven while a tour of the mill takes place.
The actual tour gives a comprehensive understanding of how the mill works from the receiving of the grain to the cleaning, drying, sieving, grinding and eventual bagging of the finished product (flour).

The few subtle changes in the day-to-day running of the mill from Victorian modern times are explained, as are the workings of t...

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...

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...

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....

There is a fully restored water powered sawmill on the Florence Court estate, dating from the 19th Century. The sound of the water wheel turning carries across the Pleasure Ground. Nearby is a hydraulic ram which was used to pump water up to the house, and also an ice house....