Mill in Glendonnell, County Kilkenny

What is recorded here

Mill in Glendonnell is a retired sawmill with bits of its waterwheel machinery still sitting in a square opening beside the stream. It has kept the tools and stayed beside the power supply, the full Irish meaning of ‘I’m finished with that altogether.’

Detached three-bay double-height saw mill with attic, c.1875. In use, 1903. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with square aperture having remains of iron waterwheel mechanisms. Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels, and remains of timber fittings. Set in own grounds on bank overlooking tributary of Black Water River.

A modest-scale mill building representing an important element of the industrial legacy of Mullinavat. Despite having fallen into disrepair following a prolonged period of disuse the essential attributes survive in place together with the remains of some iron mechanisms identifying the technical significance of the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12326018

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