Overview
mill (water) — BALLYLEE (KILTARTAN BY) is recorded as mill (water) in Galway. Roofless remains of detached water-powered corn mill, built c.1790, adjacent to Streamstown River. Comprising remains of four-bay two-storey mill, with three-bay single-storey house with attic to north, and weir to south diagonally across river.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Comprising remains of four-bay two-storey mill, with three-bay single-storey house with attic to north, and weir to south diagonally across river.
People and work
The saved account records: Roofless remains of detached water-powered corn mill, built c.1790, adjacent to Streamstown River.
How it changed
The saved account records: Pitched roof to house, roof to mill not evident.
What survives
The saved account records: House roofless, with rubble limestone walls having dressed quoins and render eaves course.
Why it mattered
mill (water) — BALLYLEE (KILTARTAN BY) matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A small mill retaining a sense of its original character, with wooden waterwheel, sluice gates and weir. It illustrates the practical use of the water-powered technology. It is believed that timbers from it were used by W.B. Yeats in his restoration of the nearby tower house. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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