Water mill — unclassified in Lucan AND Pettycanon

The 'Old Mill' depicted on Taylor's 1816 Map of County Dublin may represent the remains of the medieval mill associated with the manorial borough of Lucan or of a later mill dating from the 16th/17th century. In the early 13th-century there is a reference in the Register of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, to the 'molendinum de Lyuekan' or mill of Lucan (Brooks 1936, 210). In 1295 Hugh de la Felde and Alianora his wife, were removed from the possession of their freehold in Lucan which included 'a third of two parts of the lesser perquisite [profits] of the mill of Lyuekan' (Cal. justic. rolls, Ire. Edw. I, 222-3). The Urban Survey of Dublin (Bradley and King 1988, 251-3) recorded the following details about the medieval watermill in the borough of Lucan; ' MILL A watermill is frequently mentioned in association with the manor of Lucan, for instance in the grant of the manor to Maurice, fourth earl of Kildare, in 1386 (D'Alton 1838 329). The manorial mill seems to have been located at Lutterelstown, however, rather than at Lucan (Curtis 1932-43, i, no 747)'. In 1341 the Ormond Deeds recorded the; 'Final concord made in the court of the King at Dublin in the morning after the Purification of the B.V.M. in the 15th year of the reign of King Edward III, before Simon fitz Richerd, Thomas de Mountpelleris, clerk, John Gernoun and Nicholas de Snyterby, Justices of the Bench, and other lieges of the King present, between Simon fitz Richerd, plaintiff, and John de Bath and Eglentina his wife, deforciant, concerning the manor of Lucan and a mill with its appurtenances in Luterelston, over which a plea of covenant was summoned between them in the same court, viz., that said John and Eglentina recognised the said manor with its appurtenances and mill to be the proper right of Simon, as that which he had of the gift of said John and Eglentina, who now release and quitclaim the same for themselves and their heirs to the aforesaid Simon and his heirs for ever. And for this recognition, release, quitclaim, fine and concord Simon gave to John and Eglentina a sparrow-hawk' (Curtis 1932, 317-8, No. 747). NLI MS 39/256/1 National Library of Ireland, An accompt of the survey of the lands of Lucan according to the meares and bounds showed Mr Abra[ham[ Carter. De Vesci Papers. See attached Taylor's Map of Dublin showing the village of Lucan (DU017-019----), the Old Mill, the Bridge (DU017-019007-) crossing the River Liffey. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 May 2023