List of windmills in Ireland

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[1]	Truncated and converted
Drinagh					Pumping windmill. Destroyed by fire 26 October 1856.[2]

Donegal

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Murlough	Ballindrait Mill[3]	Tower mill		1874[4]

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[5]
Dalkey	Dalkey Quarry	Wind engine		1860[6]	Late 19th century[6] Windmill World
Dublin	St Patrick's Mill 53°20′38″N 6°17′02″W	Tower		c. 1757	Windmill World
Garristown	Garristown Mill 53°33′47″N 6°23′38″W	Tower			Windmill World
Rathcoole	Windmill Hill 53°16′16″N 6°30′11″W	Tower
Rush	Rush Windmill	Tower		Late C18th/early C19th[7]
Skerries	Shallock Hill Mill 53°34′28″N 6°06′48″W	Tower		1578[8]	Windmill World
Skerries	Great Mill[9] 53°34′30″N 6°06′37″W	Tower		Late 18th century[8]	Windmill World

Galway

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Carrowreagh East	Carrowreagh Windmill	Tower		Mid C18th[10]
Castlegar, County Galway	Castlegar Windmill	Tower		C.1750[11]
Kinvara	Kinvara Windmill	Tower	1839	Late C18th[12]
Newtowneyre	Newtowneyre Windmill	Tower		C.1780[13]
Tuam	Gold Cave Crescent Windmill	Tower		Mid C18th[14]

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	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	Tower	1839	1839	Windmill World

Laois

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Capard	Capard Windmill	Tower		c.1840[15]

Limerick

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Limerick	Windmill Street Mill	Tower		Late C18th[16]	Burnt out, 15 November 1814, tower demolished c.1915.[16]
Limerick	Ennis Road Mill			Demolished 1811.[16]
Limerick	Ballinacurra Mill	Tower		1800[16]	Working in 1849[16]
Shannongrove	Shannongrove Windmill	Tower		1735[17]

Londonderry

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Knockclogrim	Knocklogrim Mill[3] 54°49′00″N 6°36′49″W	Tower		1860[18]	Windmill World
Limavady	Limavady Junction[19]	Titt iron wind engine

Longford

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Elfeet	Elfeet Windmill	Tower		c.1770.[20]
Lanesborough	Knock Windmill	Tower		c.1750.[21]

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	Tower	1778	1778	Gone by 1835 Windmill World
Dundalk	Carnanbregagh Mill 53°58′45″N 6°25′29″W	Tower	1778	1778	Windmill World
Dundalk	Seatown Mill 54°00′21″N 6°23′21″W	Tower		1790s[22]	Windmill World
Moneyveg	Moneyveg Windmill	Tower		1837[23]
Pepperstown	53°53′15″N 6°31′53″W	Tower			Windmill World
Piperstown	53°46′59″N 6°20′23″W	Tower		1756[24]	Windmill World
Termonfeckin	Termonfeckin Mill 53°46′02″N 6°16′13″W	Tower	1778	1778	Windmill World
Whitemill	Whitemill Mill 54°02′41″N 6°23′41″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	Tower			Windmill World
Bartramstown	Bartramstown Mill 53°35′36″N 6°22′40″W	Tower			Windmill World
Corballis	Corballis Mill 53°40′17″N 6°15′24″W	Tower	1836	1836	Windmill World
Stameen	Stameen Mill 53°42′57″N 6°17′47″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	tower	1778	Mid C18th[25]	Windmill World
Carrickmacross	Carrickmacross Windmill		Tower	Mid C18th[26]
Carrivetragh	Carrivetragh Mill 54°12′28″N 7°13′46″W	Tower			Windmill World
Drummulla	Drummulla Windmill		Tower	c.1760[27]
Dunaree	Dunaree Windmill		Tower	Late C19th[28]
Lisnamore	Lisnamore Windmill		Tower	c.1790[29]

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	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[30]	Windmill World
Elphin	Elphin Mill 53°51′07″N 8°12′19″W	Tower		c. 1730[30]	Windmill World
Rindoon		Post[31]
Rindoon	St John's Woods	Tower[31]

Waterford

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ballinvella	Ballinvella Mill[32]	Tower[32]			Windmill World

Wexford

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ballyharty	Ballyharty Windmill	Tower		1840[33]
Ballyseskin	Ballyseskin Windmill	Tower		1749[34]
Bargy	Bargy Windmill	Tower		1840[35]
Clonmines	Clonmines Windmill	Tower		C18th/early C19th[36]
Drinagh South	Drinagh Windmill	Tower		1840[37]
Enniscorthy	Vinegar Hill Mill Templeshannon Mill 52°30′05″N 6°33′12″W	Tower		1798[38]	Windmill World
Hardygregan	Tagunnan Windmill	Tower		1829[39]
Hook Peninsula	Hook Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Chapel, Kilmore	Chapel Mill 52°11′05″N 6°34′22″W	Tower		1836[40]	Windmill World
Kiltra	KiltraWindmill	Tower		mid/late C19th[41]
Mullanour	52°18′42″N 6°32′04″W	Tower			Windmill World
Rath	Rath Windmill	Tower		1777[42]
Rosslare Harbour	Tagoat Mill 52°14′43″N 6°23′02″W	Tower		Modern replica built as part of the Yola Farmstead Folk Park, opened in 1969	Windmill World
Soughnane	Boley's Crossroads Windmill	Tower		1840[43]
Tacumshane	Tacumshane Mill 52°12′32″N 6°25′28″W	Tower		1846[44]	Windmill World

Maps

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