| Elphin Windmill | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Elphin Windmill |
| Coordinates | 53°51′07″N 8°12′19″W / 53.85188°N 8.2053°W |
| Year built | c.1730 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn and flax milling |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Three storey tower |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Common sails |
| Winding | Tailpole |
Elphin Windmill is a fully restored 18th-century tower mill in Elphin, County Roscommon, viewed as a rare piece of Irish industrial architectural heritage,[1] and possibly the oldest operational windmill in Ireland.[2]
- ^ "Elphin Windmill, Windmill Road, Elphin, County Roscommon". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Restoration of windmill puts wind in sails of Elphin". The Irish Times. 23 June 2000. Retrieved 11 June 2015.