Blennerville Windmill, Stone windmill in Blennerville, Ireland

Blennerville Windmill is a stone structure with five floors connected by wooden staircases that reach the cap room at the top. The mill was built in the early 1800s and was designed to process local grain for markets beyond Ireland.

Built in 1800 for Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, the mill ground grain for local people and for export to Great Britain. It declined at the end of the 19th century with the rise of steam power, the salinisation of the river channel, the opening of the Tralee Ship Canal in 1846 and the building of Fenit harbour in 1880. Tralee Urban District Council bought it in 1981, restoration began in June 1984, and Taoiseach Charles Haughey opened the restored mill in 1990.

The mill's visitor centre also houses a craft centre, model railways, an art gallery, an audio-visual presentation and a restaurant. Guided tours of the mill are given with a guide, and wheat is ground there again today.

Visitors can explore all interior floors and see how grain was transformed into flour through working demonstrations. The grounds also feature a model railway display and views over Tralee Bay.

Turning the cap takes about two hours: the winding mechanism outside the mill works through a jug chain over a sprocket, and the gearing is so slow that a 180-degree turn of the sails is a long job. The cap itself rests on a winding gear of six wheels.