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Summer Event 2010
Blennerville Windmill, Tralee, Co Kerry 11th, 12th, 13th June
Saturday 12th June:
9.30 Registration at Blennerville Windmill
9.50 Official welcome to
10.00 “The Restoration of Blennerville Windmill” Address by Dr Henry Lyons
10.45 “The Role of the Windmill in
.
11.00 Tea/Coffee
11.30 Conducted tour of the windmill by Mr Mike Curran, Manager.
Sunday 13th June:
Members may wish to visit the Lartigue Railway in Listowel on
their way home.
Fee for the day including morning coffee, lunch and tour will be €30 per person, €50 p/couple. Please let us know if you will attend. To book, detach the slip below and return to: Anne Berney, Ballyconran, Craanford, Gorey, Co Wexford (Cheques payable to MMOI)
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Spring Event 2010
Skerries Mills, Fingal,
www.skerriesmills.org (10 minutes walk from Skerries train station)
10.30 Coffee/Tea & scones – registration
11.00 Guided tour of the watermill & windmills
12.30 Members’ Forum – Part 1 – agenda items of interest/concern
to members please submit discussion topics on booking form.
13.15 Lunch
14.15 The River Liffey & its Mills – illustrated presentation by William Hogg
15.00 Members’ Forum – Part 2 – summary of discussions
Fee for the day including morning coffee, lunch and tour will be €30 per person, €50 p/couple. Please let us know if you will attend. To book, detach the slip below and return to: Stephanie Bourke: 67
Telephone contact: S.Bourke 087 9699387
Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting of the Mills & Millers of Ireland will take
place on Saturday 10 October 2009 at 11 a.m. in
The Steam Museum, Straffan, County Kildare
Registration & Coffee from 10.30
Agenda
- Apologies for absence
- Minutes & matters arising AGM 2008
- Reports:
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Newsletter Editorial team - Chairman’s address
- Election of Committee
- A.O.B.
Programme for the day following the AGM:
- Ocean wave power - a new hydro technology with an Irish dimension:
speaker: William Dick, founder of Wave Bob,
wave energy technology company www.wavebob.com
- Lunch
- Museum visit and steam up
- Garden visit, weather permitting- dress warmly
Fee for refreshments and museum visit €30 per person (€50 p/couple) Cheques to MMOI.
We look forward to a good attendance.
Bookings to Anne Berney, Ballyconran, Craanford, Gorey, County Wexford.
Telephone contact: S.Bourke 087 9699387
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Summer Concert in the Garden 2009
FAIRBROOK HOUSE,
MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE ART & GARDENS
Kilmeaden, Co.Waterford
SATURDAY 22nd of August
This year Irish and Portuguese traditional music meet at Fairbrook House concert.
UILLEANN PIPER , JIMMY O’BRIAN MORAN
after the interval
PORTUGUESE FADO,
NUNO GLIGO, Portuguese viola
ELMAR GARDES, guitar
and singer ISABEL SILVA
Fado originates from Lisbon in the early 19th century, during a period of bad social climate.
Central idea of Fado is melancholy and nostalgia ‘SAUDADE’
During the interval, with a glass of champagne you can have a stroll in the beautiful gardens and a view
in our unique museum.
AND BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR
In case of bad weather the concert will be in the museum (don’t bring your own chair)
For details and booking, call 051 384657, email art@fairbrook-house.com or
Send a cheque to Clary Mastenbroek, Fairbrook House, Kilmeaden
Lunchtime concert 1pm – 3 pm, Evening concert 5 pm – 7 pm
including.a glass of Champagne € 20,-
Williamstown Heritage Society, has sent an invitation through Steve Pilgrim (M.M.O.I. committee) to all M.M.O.I. members to attend an Open Day at Templetogher Mill, Williamstown, Co. Galway on Sunday 30th August 2009 from 12noon - 6p.m.
There will be refreshments served and a plaque will be unveiled at 2p.m. to commemorate the Egan Family's contribution to milling in the area and the special contribution of the last surviving member of the family to the restoration works.
Further information can be obtained from Steve Pilgrim lyndaandsteve@gmail.com
Summer event 2009
Mills of South Co. Antrim - 12th & 13th JUNE 2009
We are pleased to announce another “action-packed” 2 day event this summer. There are mills in abundance in the south Co. Antrim area and we hope to visit quite a few. The following programme has been arranged:-
FRIDAY 12TH JUNE
Meet at Dunadry Inn & Country Club at 7p.m. for a short talk by Ronnie Barnes on the history of Dunadry, which was formerly a beetling mill. This will be followed by dinner at the hotel. For those wishing to stay at Dunadry, contact Mooney Reservations on 048 90385050 and mention booking ref. DDA12609. They are offering a special B&B rate for our members. Also let them know if you will be staying for dinner.
SATURDAY 13TH JUNE
9.30 –10a.m. Meet at Dunadry Inn car park for coach to Mossley Mill. A 33 seater coach has been hired to take us on our mill visits, since some are inaccessible by car. Also cars cannot be left at Mossley Mill since it closes in the afternoon. The coach will leave promptly at 10a.m. for the 30 min. journey to Mossley Mill.
10.30 – 11.30a.m. Tour of Mossley Mill, followed by Tea/coffee and scones.
11.30 – 1.30p.m. Visits to 3 mills in the surrounding area:-
Burnside – a former beetling mill;
Dunadry Mill – with a water wheel in restoration;
Snipe Island – a former corn mill with a 20ft diameter wheel.
1.30 – 2.30p.m. Return to Dunadry Inn for lunch. Coach trip to Patterson’s Spade Mill.
2.45 – 5.15p.m. Tour of Spade Mill and talk by Dr. Charles Ludlow.
5.15 – 5.30p.m. Return to Dunadry Inn to collect cars.
Places will be limited since the coach only seats 33 people, so early booking for this event is essential!
The cost is €30/£30 per person. This includes the cost of coach hire, entrance fees and refreshments and lunch.
Accommodation and dinner on Friday evening will be at members’ own expense. Dunadry Inn has quoted a cost of £18 per person for dinner and with the current weakness of Sterling against the Euro, the hotel rates are most competitive.
OTHER ACCOMMODATION IN THE AREA:-
Comfort Hotel Antrim – 048 9446 2929
Hilton Hotel Templepatrick – 048 9443 5500
Wentworth Country House – 048 94432100
The Stables, Milltown Road, Antrim – 048 9448 5318
Brackenleigh 51 Belfast Road, Antrim – 048 9446 6613
Spring event 2009
Birr, County Offaly, Saturday 28 March 2009
10.30 County Arms Hotel, Station Road, Birr
Coffee/Tea & scones — registration
11.00 Welcome
11.10 Kilsallagh Mill, Rosse Estate, presentation by Mr Ben Oakley
12.00 Departure to visit Kilsallagh Mill — strong footwear essential
13.30 Travel to Banagher via Lusmagh
Lunch at Flynn’s, Banagher — soup & sandwiches
14.30 Depart Banagher for Belmont Mill, Artist studios/workshops
Proprietors Sandy and Tom Dolan.
Talk and tour followed by refreshments
Fee for the day including morning coffee, lunch and visit to Belmont will be €30 per
person, €50 p/couple. Please let us know if you will attend. To book, please print out the return slip from the pdf file below.
This should be sent to:
Hon. Treasurer Anne Berney,
Ballyconran, Craanford, Gorey, County Wexford, (Cheques payable to MMOI)
Enquiries to 087 9699387