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AGM & Autumn Event - 8 October 2011 at 11.00 a.m.
You are invited to attend the AGM of Mills & Millers of Ireland
on Saturday 8 October 2011@ 11am
Venue: Glenavon House Hotel, Drum Road, Cookstown, Co Tyrone
Tel: (048) or (028) 86764949
Registration tea, coffee from 10.30am
Agenda
- Apologies for absence
- Minutes & matters arising AGM 2010
- Reports:
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Newsletter Editorial team - Chairman’s address
- Election of Committee
- A.O.B.
Programme for the day following AGM:
12 noon Mr Norman Kerr - presentation on linen processes
12.45pm Lunch at the Hotel
2.30pm Wellbrook Beetling Mill – guided visit
4.00pm Gleshygolgan Flax Mill, Plumbridge – visit to restored
mill incorporating hydroelectric system installed by Hydro NI
Fee for the day €25 – if AGM only, no charge.
Bookings to Anne Berney, Ballyconran, Craanford, Gorey, County Wexford.
Cheques made payable to MMOI. Telephone contact: S.Bourke 353 (0) 87 9699387
Summer Event 2011
County Waterford 25/26 June
Our summer event in the rich countryside of county Waterford will commence at Flahavans Mill, Kilmacthomas, hosted by John Flahavan. The afternoon will be devoted to a tour of other historic mills powered by the River Mahon and a visit to a former woollen mill at Fairbrook House, Kilmeaden, Museum of Contemporary Figurative Art & Gardens. Sunday morning will be centred on the industrial complex of Portlaw ‘Cotton Town’.
Saturday 25 June
10.30am Meet at Flahavan’s Kilmacthomas, registration, tea & coffee
11.00am Tour of the Mill & Plant
12 noon Talk on the history of milling and hydro-power on the River Mahon by Sean and Sile Murphy
1.00pm Lunch at Keighery’s Café Kilmacthomas
2.30pm Visit to mills and mill sites along the River Mahon
3.30/4pm Fairbrook House, Kilmeadeen, visit hosted by Artist and Owner, Clary Mastenbroek,
Sunday 26 June
11.00am Meet with members of Portlaw Heritage Society, at the local heritage centre.
Talk by William Power, historian and Portlaw Heritage Society committee member, followed by walk-about.
12.30pm End of Event. Lunch available at the Cotton Mill Café, Portlaw.
Other visit options: Copper Coast Geo Park,Dungarvan.
Cost: Morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea & visits on Saturday 25 June and visits Sunday morning 26 June: €25 p/person
Accommodation: Tower’s Hotel, The Quays Waterford (mention MMOI) Tel: 353 (0) 51 862300 or nearby at Tramore, Dunmore East, Bunmahon, Stradbally.
Saturday 9 April @ Fancroft Mill, Roscrea, County Tipperary
10.30a.m. Registration Coffee & Scones
11.00 a.m. Marcus Sweeney will give a presentation on restoration work
to date at Fancroft and the recent hydro power installation
11.45a.m. Sven Richter, Civil Engineer and Managing Director of Hydropower Corporation Ltd.
(99439 Wohlsborn, Germany) will speak about his company and ongoing project-work both in Ireland and elsewhere.
Q & A time
Lunch followed by a tour of the mill and installations.
The Gardens at Fancroft will also be open to visitors
To book a place, please email Hon. Secretary Stephanie Bourke
stephbourke@eircom.net