Mark Maguire
Really lucky this beautiful November morn to get a behind-the-scenes tour of Kilmainham Mill which is under restoration and development at the moment. Expect a long thread of pics. #Wow #KilmainhamMill #OldMill #IndustrialArchitecture #IndustrialHeritage
#BuiltHeritage #Textiles #Dublin8 #DCC #Ireland #Kilmainham #Mastodaoine #Restoration 1/?
Nov 7, 2023 at 12:30pmWeb
Show threadMark MaguireNov 7, 2023
Text adapted from window artwork by Sean Rushe and Dublin City Council signage: “Kilmainham Mill has been in continuous use as a mill from C. 1184 through to the year 1994. Some of the finest tweeds and silks were produced here by Irish crafts-workers. Irish costume designer Joan Bergin worked from these premises. Considered a valuable part of Irish industrial heritage, it will be renovated further in the future. Unveiled by The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh. 19th September 2015”
Show threadMark MaguireNov 7, 2023
Text adapted from window artwork by Sean Rushe and Dublin City Council info signs: “Water power milling activities have taken place at the mill site from at least the 16th-century in both texile and grain milling. Kilmainham Mill is probably the only largely unaltered early 19th-century mill in Dublin and one of the most intact in Ireland. The present building includes some fine early 19th-century industrial architecture and brick chimney stack.”
Show threadMark MaguireNov 7, 2023
Last few shots from Kilmainham Mill. Needless to say, I’m gonna fenster the hell out of my TL this Freitag with other shots I took of various mill windows this morning. 🤩
Show threadFionnulaMacNov 7, 2023
@MarkMaguire I thought the mill was closed to the public, and no decision made yet about its future? (Lovely country-like road there, the Camac needs rehabilitation too!)
Show threadMark MaguireNov 7, 2023
@FionnulaMac It’s going to open fairly soon in a very limited capacity (one of the larger street facing spaces). Dublin City Council apparently have been surveying and consulting about possible public uses in the mid-term. It’s a great space so my tuppence worth is for multi-purpose culture and community spaces. Also obviously, there should be a local history and heritage aspect too. Really great potential.
Show threadMark MaguireNov 7, 2023
Final one: Kilmainham Mill’s environs are beautiful, particularly in this weather. Dublin 8 lookin’ great in strong and low Samhain sunlight. Royal Oak pub never looked better, delivers on its advertisement too. #Dublin8 #Ireland #RoyalOak #Local #Kilmainham  5/5 end.
Show threadFionnulaMacNov 7, 2023
@MarkMaguire And hidden book exchange suitcase 😀