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Suppose the Mill, a windmill in Curragraigue (TR. BY.), had a queue of farmers waiting to have their grain ground just as the wind dropped. One would study the sky, another would blame the first fellow's timing, and nobody would dare tell the baker.
Freestanding circular-plan tapered single-bay five-storey windmill, built c. 1790, having cantilevered timber platform to first floor and timber lattice sails. Built by Sir Rowland Blennerhasset. Extensively reconstructed, c. 1985, to accommodate use as heritage centre. Conical sheeting to revolving roof with timber ball finial. Painted rendered walls. Arched openings, with timber multiple paned windows and boarded doors. Timber framed platform circling building at first floor level with timber stairs. Set on south bank of River Lee at mouth of river.
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1790, having cantilevered timber platform to first floor and timber lattice sails.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21400301
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- Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ian Taylor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Patrick Wyse Jackson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Raymond Norris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ATJWen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Keith Cunneen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bernard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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