placenamesO'Callaghansmills
Muileann Uí Cheallacháin
A local account connects the village’s corn mill with both bread-making and an undertaker’s work.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Muileann Uí Cheallacháin · Irish · main form · validated name
- O'Callaghansmills · English · main form
Place & story
Corn and power
In his county heritage account, Denis Lenihan describes the mill grinding corn and supplying flour to a bakery within its south-western section. He records a change from water power to electricity shortly before milling ended after the Second World War. [2]
May Smyth’s business
Lenihan recalls May Smyth, who combined shopkeeping with undertaking, storing coffins in the mill. He remembers helping prepare them by drilling holes for handles and lids, while she attached lace. His account records another practical use of the building beyond milling. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Civil parish
- Killuran
- Coordinates
- 52.84203, -8.68275 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 129171 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — O'Callaghansmills. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Why I didn’t know what I was looking at (4 August 2023), mill section · Denis Lenihan, County Clare Heritage Office
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.