placenamesVirginia
Achadh an Iúir
Rahardrum, within Virginia electoral division, preserves a water-powered mill complex and a later bridge beside the approach to Lough Ramor.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Achadh an Iúir · Irish · main form
- Virginia · English · main form
Place & story
Kellet’s Mill
The former Kellet’s Mill is dated 1830, a year incised on its carriage-arch stones. Its long rubble-stone main range stands beside a five-storey tower, making a conspicuous group above the riverbank. The architectural inventory recorded its conversion to apartments in its 2012 survey. Altered openings show the adaptation of an industrial building to residential use. [2]
A crossing over water and millrace
The neighbouring stone bridge bears an 1894 plaque. Three segmental arches span the river flowing into Lough Ramor, while an additional, now blocked arch crossed the former millrace at its eastern end. The inventory records widening around 1980 and later rebuilding of the parapet. The crossing and mill together retain evidence of water power within the district’s transport landscape. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Virginia. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kellet’s Mill,NIAH40311017,2012survey · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Rahardrum bridge,NIAH40311016,2012survey · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-10-24. How this page was prepared.