placenamesCadamstown
Baile Mhic Ádaim
The Johnstown tower preserves an early eighteenth-century industrial landmark.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Mhic Ádaim · Irish · main form
- Cadamstown · English · main form
Place & story
A hilltop windmill at Johnstown
Johnstown Bridge lies in the historical parish of Cadamstown. Its ruined windmill tower carries a limestone date stone marked 1714 and an inscription crediting its erection to Lewes Moore of Ballina. The architectural inventory records a circular stone tower with two stages, opposing doorways and smaller openings above. It was already in ruins in 1838. The surviving shell therefore records an early milling enterprise, although the inventory does not establish how long it operated or what machinery it contained. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cadamstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Johnstown windmill, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, registration 11801001 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Johnstown-Bridge, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.