Clonmoyle Mill

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Clonmoyle Mill was a watermill in the townland of Clonmoyle East, situated 4 km (2.5 mi) south-east of Aghabullogue village and 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north-east of Coachford village. The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork (1997) describes it as a (now roofless and without floors) mid to late nineteenth century corn mill, rectangular, four-storey, with a three bay entrance front, and located on the western bank of the Dripsey River. Access to the third floor of the mill was gained from a 'modernized residential house' via a stone platform and cement bridge.

A wheel pit housed a cast-iron suspension water wheel with a diameter of 4.9 metres, and inscribed 'J. Steel and Sons, Vulcan Foundry, Cork'. A pinion-wheel, via a pit-wheel within the mill, powered two line shafts, which in turn powered two pairs of French burr millstones on the first floor.

A similar gable-ended structure was attached to the mill north wall, with intact roof and floors, but in poor condition. Foundation blocks for machinery remained on the ground floor, but all gearing and machinery had been removed, with a Crossley Engine lying discarded to the north. Clonmoyle Mill is not depicted on the 1841 surveyed OS Map,...