Friday 25 September 2015

Educational Visits

The Elphin Windmill is not just tourist attraction for visitors to the Elphin area, we also pride ourselves on being able to welcome school parties, heritage groups & clubs from near & far, to be able to understand further how important windmills were to the local economy in the eighteenth century. We attempt to show how 'revolutionary' the windmill was as it was built shortly before the beginnings of the 'agricultural' & 'industrial' revolutions in mid-eighteenth century Ireland & Britain.

To organise your trip, including a personal guided tour of the windmill itself & our farming museum, please contact the windmill by;
phone on, 083-406 2113, or by e-mail to 'elphinwindmill1740@gmail.com





Heritage Week & RTE 'Nationwide'

The Windmill continues to attract visitors, old & new.
While the Elphin Active Age Group were paying us a visit, along came the RTE camera's & crew to do some filming for a 'Nationwide' programme that was due to be aired on Friday 18th September, 2015 to promote tourism in Co. Roscommon.









          

2015 Heritage Week

Heritage Week - August - 2015, was a resounding success for the Windmill with over 250 visitors during the week, including individuals, clubs & groups, from nearby & overseas. Have a look at some of the pictures taken during the week.