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- Directions: 1 mile west of Tralee on the main road to Dingle (N86)
- Admission Prices: Adult: €5 Child: €3 Student / Senior: €4 Family: €15 (2 adults & 3 children) Children of 5 years and under: Free Group rates available - Details on request
- Method of Payment: Cash or cheque
- Opening Months: April - October
- Opening Times: June - August: 9.00am - 6.00pm April, May, September & October: 9.30am - 5.30pm
- The Jeanie Johnston Commemorative Quilt: The Jeanie Johnston Commemorative Quilt was designed and made by the Jeanie Johnston Quilting Circle, a group of women involved in quilting in the Tralee area for a number of years. The Quilt commemorates the emigrant barque Jeanie Johnston that made sixteen Trans-Atlantic trips and never lost a crewmember or passenger. The design incorporates the Jeanie Johnston in Blennerville with a group of emigrants on the quay waiting to board it. Close by are the Blennerville Windmill and Workhouse, and dotted on the hills in the background are the abandoned homes of famine victims. The Quilt’s lower border has famine scenes of women digging in search of potatoes and of a mother holding her dying child; a picture of the Fever Shed in Grosse Ile is a reminder of the sufferings of the famine emigrants. There are also crests of some of the seaports associated with the ship; Quebec, New York, Boston, Belfast, Dublin and Tralee.
- Catering Facilities: Restaurant with seating for 80 people.
- Language Guides Available: English and Irish.
- Disabled Access: Ground floor only
- Retail Outlet: 3 Shops - Irish craft shop; Enamel Art; Pottery shop
- Facilities: Parking for 50 cars and 5 coaches
- Guided Tours Available: Yes
- Audio Visual Presentation: Yes
Blennerville Windmill
Blennerville Kerry - Ireland SouthBlennerville Windmill stands out as the dominant landmark in Tralee Bay - where the town of Tralee meets the Dingle Peninsula. At the Blennerville Visitor Centre you will find the working windmill and audio-visual presentation as well as an exhibition gallery, craft shop and restaurant. It includes an emigration display and a bird watching platform with telescope overlooking “Slí na nÉan” – “the Way of the Birds”. Working Windmill The only power it needs is the wind! Once there is a breeze, the windmill sails are turning. Visitors can get up close and appreciate the scale and complexity of the machinery and can climb to the top of the windmill. Emigration Display Blennerville was the main port of emigration from Co. Kerry during the Great Famine (1845 to 1848) and was, during those years, the home port of the famous emigrant barque “Jeanie Johnston”. The visitor centre houses a fascinating display on Irish emigration including models of the infamous coffin ships. Bird Watching Come and view Tralee Bay Nature Reserve, where pale-bellied brent geese spend from October to April in Ireland feeding on the eelgrass and green seaweeds on the mudflats, and grazing in nearby fields and saltmarshes when this food is scarce. Birds of the Bay include turnstone, ringed plover, dunlin, redshank, bar-tailed godwit, golden plover and curlew.
Contact
Telephone+353 (0)66 712 1064Fax:+353 (0)66 712 1064
Email: blenmill@eircom.net
Website: www.blennervilleattractions.ie
Address: Windmill Street, Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland
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