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About Milltown

Milltown is a village in County Galway, 39 km north of Galway city, with 207 people at the 2016 census. The town of the mill on the Clare, 11 km from Tuam, where the O'Flahertys burned half the village in 1589 and Easter Monday races drew Connacht for ninety years.

Population
207 (2016 census)
Where
39 km from Galway, 177 km from Dublin
Position
53.6150° N, 8.9009° W
On the model
657 buildings, 2 streets, 102 places in 22 kinds
Read more
Milltown on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Milltown with every named place pinned
Image of a Bridge in Ireland
Image of a Bridge in Ireland
Unknown photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Dick Dowling Cottage, Milltown, Ireland
Dick Dowling Cottage, Milltown, Ireland
Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Home in Milltown
Home in Milltown
Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Milltown, Co Galway, Éire
Milltown, Co Galway, Éire
MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. 1589
    The O'Flahertys attack. Sir Murrogh O'Flaherty and his clansmen stormed Edward Bermingham's castle, burned half of Milltown and its grainfields, and still failed to take it; on the way home to Cong they burned sixteen villages and drove off three thousand cattle.
  2. 1850s
    Two mills. O'Grady's at Milltown and Bermingham's corn and tuck mill at Lack, with one pair of stones and a fourteen-foot wheel, valued at two pounds, John Farrell the miller.
  3. 1877 to 1966
    The races. Meetings at the Race Park in Dalgin go back to the 1840s; from 1877 the Milltown Races ran on St Patrick's Day, then Easter Monday, and drew thousands.
  4. 1894 to 1963
    The station. Opened on 30 April 1894 between Tuam and Claremorris, closed 17 June 1963.
  5. 1957 to 1981
    The carnival. Two weeks from Easter Sunday with the showbands, until costs killed it.

The full history, 5 moments in order

What to see

  1. Bermingham's mill922 m

    The ruin of the corn and tuck mill on the Clare, 900 m from the bridge.

  2. Millbrook House913 m

    The house beside the mill.

  3. Askeevy church2.1 km

    The old church 2 km out.

  4. Kilcloony3.0 km

    The church 3 km away.

  5. Feartagar Castle5.7 km

    The tower house 5.7 km off.

  6. Dalgin

    The Race Park of the Milltown Races.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Milltown?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 39 km north of Galway city and 177 km west of Dublin, on the N17, 11 km north of Tuam.
What is the population of Milltown?
207 people at the 2016 census.
What is there in Milltown?
On the map, 102 named places in 22 kinds: 3 places to eat and drink, 4 shops, 2 schools, churches and public buildings, and 90 things to see within 12 km.
What is Milltown known for?
The two mills on the Clare, the Easter Monday races of 1877 to 1966, the attack of 1589, and the old station on the Tuam to Claremorris line.

Getting around

Milltown sits on the N17, 11 km north of Tuam. 1 bus stop and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Milltown, County Galway" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.