Water mill - vertical-wheeled

The National Monuments Service's description

In 1647 a fine of £15 was levied on a group of mills in Co. Westmeath to pay Captain Ignatius Nugent of the Irish Confederate Army. The sum of £1 8s was levied on 'Edward Fay, or same, one mill at Direnegaragh [Derrynagarragh] (Cal. S.P. Ire., 624). The Corn Mill depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map may be located on site of watermill depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Teagheltowne (Faughalstown) parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The medieval mill belonged to Edward Fay. The location of the present corn mill matches closely the location of the mill marked on the Down Survey map. On this map the mill is depicted with a vertical waterwheel on the gable of a building standing on the bank of a stream.

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 6 December 2016

References

Cal. S.P. Ire. - Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland, 1509-1670 [etc.] (24 vols., London 1860-1911).

NLI, MS 723-4 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Westmeath, attested by W. Petty, in 1659. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 67 maps with accompanying terriers in two volumes, 1786-7. Dublin.