List of windmills in Ireland facts for kids

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

Locations

Cork

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cork	Bruce College	tower		Late C18th/early C19th	Truncated and converted
Drinagh					Pumping windmill. Destroyed by fire 26 October 1856.

Donegal

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
Castleknock	Castleknock Windmill	Tower		Late C18th/early C19th
Dalkey	Dalkey Quarry	Wind engine		1860	Late 19th century 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		c. 1757	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
Rush	Rush Windmill	Tower		Late C18th/early C19th
Skerries	Shallock Hill Mill 53°34′28″N 6°06′48″W / 53.57455°N 6.1132°W / 53.57455; -6.1132	Tower		1578	Windmill World
Skerries	Great Mill 53°34′30″N 6°06′37″W / 53.57501°N 6.1103°W / 53.57501; -6.1103	Tower		Late 18th century	Windmill World

Galway

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

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

Laois

Limerick

Derry

Longford

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	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	Windmill World
Moneyveg	Moneyveg Windmill	Tower		1837
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		1756	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

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

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 / 53.95980; -6.6569	tower	1778	Mid C18th	Windmill World
Carrickmacross	Carrickmacross Windmill		Tower	Mid C18th
Carrivetragh	Carrivetragh Mill 54°12′28″N 7°13′46″W / 54.20784°N 7.2295°W / 54.20784; -7.2295	Tower			Windmill World
Drummulla	Drummulla Windmill		Tower	c.1760
Dunaree	Dunaree Windmill		Tower	Late C19th
Lisnamore	Lisnamore Windmill		Tower	c.1790

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 / 53.16758; -8.0225	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	Windmill World
Elphin	Elphin Mill 53°51′07″N 8°12′19″W / 53.85188°N 8.2053°W / 53.85188; -8.2053	Tower		c. 1730	Windmill World
Rindoon		Post
Rindoon	St John's Woods	Tower

Waterford

Wexford

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ballyharty	Ballyharty Windmill	Tower		1840
Ballyseskin	Ballyseskin Windmill	Tower		1749
Bargy	Bargy Windmill	Tower		1840
Clonmines	Clonmines Windmill	Tower		C18th/early C19th
Drinagh South	Drinagh Windmill	Tower		1840
Enniscorthy	Vinegar Hill Mill Templeshannon Mill 52°30′05″N 6°33′12″W / 52.50147°N 6.5532°W / 52.50147; -6.5532	Tower		1798	Windmill World
Hardygregan	Tagunnan Windmill	Tower		1829
Hook Peninsula	Hook Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Chapel, Kilmore	Chapel Mill 52°11′05″N 6°34′22″W / 52.18480°N 6.5727°W / 52.18480; -6.5727	Tower		1836	Windmill World
Kiltra	KiltraWindmill	Tower		mid/late C19th
Mullanour	52°18′42″N 6°32′04″W / 52.31157°N 6.5344°W / 52.31157; -6.5344	Tower			Windmill World
Rath	Rath Windmill	Tower		1777
Rosslare Harbour	Tagoat Mill 52°14′43″N 6°23′02″W / 52.24533°N 6.3838°W / 52.24533; -6.3838	Tower		Modern replica built as part of the Yola Farmstead Folk Park, opened in 1969	Windmill World
Soughnane	Boley's Crossroads Windmill	Tower		1840
Tacumshane	Tacumshane Mill 52°12′32″N 6°25′28″W / 52.20877°N 6.4244°W / 52.20877; -6.4244	Tower		1846	Windmill World

Maps

• 1778 Taylor & Skinner's map of Louth
• 1836 Ordnance Survey
• 1830 Ordnance Survey