M onthly Card Game:
Next game will be held on Thursday 15th June @ 9pm. All are welcome.
Warmer Homes Scheme
Get Your Home Insulated for Free. Criteria set down by SEAI: –Covering most of Mayo & Sligo areas. (1) Owner occupied, non-Local Authority Homes (Proof is required) (2) Constructed before 2006 The owner must be in receipt of one of the following: (1) Fuel Allowance as part of the National Fuel Scheme, (2) Job Seekers […]
Day Care Outing
Our Outing, a one day trip to Belmullet, is on Saturday 8th July leaving Milltown 8.30am. Our first stop will be the Foxford Woollen Mills for something to eat. We will go through Crossmolina, Bangor Erris and on to Belmullet. Full details later. To book ring Ann 51439 or Padraic 51984 on or before the […]
National Crime Prevention Campaign:
“Summertime Home Security” Information available at back of church. Please take a copy.
Milltown Heritage Centre
A Heritage Centre is located in the Community Centre on the N17 north of the village, and contains a very interesting and impressive collection of artefacts and heritage memorabilia gathered from the surrounding area and illustrates the ways of life of the people of Milltown over many generations. The collection is quite broad in its […]
Quarrymount House
Quarrymount House, situated south of Milltown on the N17, was built in the 1830s by John Bodkin. The family had acquired approximately 2000 acres of land in that area at the start of the 18th century. At that time, they lived in a partly thatched Mansion in nearby Ardnagall. Mr John Bodkin who was an […]
The old railway station
The Railway Station, now no longer in operation, was first opened in April 1894 and was finally closed in 1963. It is situated to the north-west of the village. It was opened to serve the village and surrounding area. A short editorial carried in the Tuam Herald on the 10th of November 1877 records the […]
Kilclooney Castle
A large section of the 15th /16th century Kilclooney Castle still stands and is listed as a Recorded Monument. This building, which is correctly described as a Tower House, was once the home of the renowned Ó hUigín bardic family and was occupied by Donell Ó hUigín in 1574. Tadgh Dall Ó hUigín of Sligo […]
The Addergoole Cross
The Addergoole Cross, which was relocated several times, is currently preserved within Addergoole Graveyard in the townland of Carrowntomush [Carranthomas]. This unfinished head of a 12th century granite high cross measuring c.1.4m high bears the robed figure or corpus of the crucified Christ on one face. Christ is depicted with extended arms and his head […]
Belmont Hill Fort
Belmont hill top enclosure or ‘hill fort’ with its lone Ash tree can be seen for kilometres on a fine day. The monument as its classification suggests encompasses the summit of Belmont Hill. The enclosure is slightly oval in shape and covers an area of nearly 1.5ha. The crest of the hill is 92m high. […]