HeritageEasy1-2 hours
Skerries Mills
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About
A living museum on the western edge of the town and the only property in Ireland with three national monuments: a four-sail windmill, the five-sail Great Windmill, and a watermill, all restored and turning. Flour has been milled on this site since the medieval monastery of Holmpatrick, and the guided tour lets you grind grain by hand and see the waterwheel run. There is a museum, a coffee shop and a millrace and wetland walk, and the courtyard hosts the Saturday farmers market. Tours run seven days a week.
Highlights
- ✓The five-sail Great Windmill of Skerries
- ✓Hands-on grain grinding on the guided tour
- ✓The restored watermill and waterwheel
- ✓Saturday farmers market in the courtyard
Tips
- →Open seven days a week; tours run to a daily timetable
- →Adult admission around €9, with family and concession rates; confirm at skerriesmills.ie
- →The farmers market runs Saturday mornings, roughly 10:00-14:00
- →Free parking and a coffee shop on site
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