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Bradley et al. (1988, 39) cites references to a mill at Bunratty as follows: ‘The 1288 extent of the manor of Bunratty refers to a watermill, worth 2s. a year (Sweetman 1875-86, iii, no. 459, p. 207-8). This presumably was the same mill for which a fosse was dug and the pool enlarged in 1289 (MacNamara 1913-15, 237). The 1321 inquisition reported that at that date ‘the castle mill is inefficient and of no use save to the inhabitants of the castle’ (MacNamara 1913-15, 249). All of this indicates that the mill stood within the castle enclosure, or more likely on the Bunratty river, adjacent to the castle. No surface trace survives.’
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 October 2019
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