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It is intended that the publication will increase the awareness and the importance of this mill and its traditions, culture and history of Southwest Donegal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span><span>The objectives of this publication are: To safeguard and document the wealth of oral history relating to the mill and its operation, and to make such information available to the general public. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span><span>The<strong> <\/strong>book will give an insight to an age when corn mills formed an integral part of the country\u2019s agricultural life. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>A time, when at least from October to the end of April or the beginning of May the corn mill was at the core of the farming community\u2019s priorities and was a hive of agricultural activity. <span>The mill and kiln are undoubtedly of immense cultural and industrial significance not only to South West area but to the County. <span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span><span>The information forming the basis of the published history of the mill will be chiefly be gathered and collated locally by Kilcar native Michael Ward. As a child, Michael\u2019s family were the owners of the mill and, uniquely, he himself has a wealth of information on the traditional methods used in the operation of the facility. He has donated the mill, millers house and mill lands to the Kilcar community. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span><span>The ongoing restoration works will see the conversion of the Mill Building into a first-rate Heritage Tourism facility.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15690,"template":"","class_list":["post-15689","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The mill got tired and so did the miller. 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