Just outside of Letterkenny is the Corn & Flax Mills in the village of Newmills. It has one of the largest working water wheels in Ireland. There were two saperate mill wheels, one for flax, and one for grinding oats and barley and this is one of few surviving Irish mill wheels. It was made in Strabane in 1867 by Stevensons Foundary. Visitors can see the water wheel in action, driving the machinary of the corn mill.

Open... Mid June - 24th Sept  10am - 6.30pm

Corn & Flax Mills, Newmills, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Tel:074 9125155