George Acheson born 1789 in Drumcree from Badger Family Chronicles For more than two centuries, Acheson’s Mill in Drumcree was a vital part of the agricultural and social fabric of Annaduff/Drumsna parish. Farmers from Dromod, Eslin, Mohill, Drumsna and far beyond travelled with bags of oats and barley to be crushed into meal. Many older residents still recall hearing their parents speak of “bringing the oats up to Acheson’s,” as Drumcree Mill was known locally. Though the mill building has long since vanished, the adjoining mill house survives and is beautifully restored and lived in by the Reynolds Family— a quiet stone witness to a remarkable chapter of For more than two centuries, Acheson’s Mill in Drumcree was a vital part of the agricultural and social fabric of Annaduff/Drumsna parish. Farmers from Dromod, Eslin, Mohill, Drumsna and far beyond travelled with bags of oats and barley to be crushed into meal. Many older residents still recall hearing their parents speak of “bringing the oats up to Acheson’s,” as Drumcree Mill was known locally. Though the mill building has long since vanished, the adjoining mill house survives and is beautifully restored and lived in by the Reynolds Family— a quiet stone witness to a remarkable chapter of Leitrim’s working heritage’s working heritage. READ MORE: Loading problems an issue in Leitrim town with lorries parking in the middle of the road According to a 1944 advertisement placed by A.E. Acheson in the Roscommon Herald, the mills at Drumcree were established in 1738, making them among the oldest continuously operated rural mills in the region. The notice also announced that the mill was “crushing for the country every Saturday,” perhaps an indication of a slow-down in operations coming near the end of its years. Before that, an Irish Independent report from October 1929 describes a fire at the mill. Civic Guards and neighbours helped extinguish it, but Albert Acheson lost “a couple of motor cars, bicycles, and other
GALLERY: Historical Leitrim mill remembered in new series of Memory Meitheals
