Donegal Railway Heritage Museum 2026
Co. Donegal
Newmills Corn & Flax Mills 2026
Experience the pleasure of seeing one of the largest waterwheels in Ireland in action as it drives the machinery of the corn mill.
Contacts
Address: Churchill Road Letterkenny Co. Donegal F92 F205 IRELAND
- Telephone: 00 353 46912 3370
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- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
14 May-2 Oct Daily 1000-1800. Visit website for more details.
Facilities
- Parking
- Part disabled access
The oldest surviving building here is said to be 400 years old and there have been mills at Newmills since the earlyth century. In Victorian times a flax mill lay at the core of the complex, providing crucial supplies to the linen industry, the backbone of Ulster’s economy at the time. A corn mill ground barley, oats and imported maize.
Indeed, the whole complex is an interesting reminder of a stage in the industrial development of this country which has now given way to a more sophisticated, but usually far less fascinating technology.
