Traveling on the Irish county of Kerry, certainly worth a visit, and located on the shore of a picturesque bay on the outskirts of Tralee, a charming small village Blennervil and its main attraction - an old windmill.

Blennervil windmill was built in 1800 by Sir Rowland Blennerhassetom and was used not only for the needs of local residents, but also for the milling of grain exported to the UK, which was very appropriate, since in those days was a major port Blennervil .  However, in the second half of the 19th century due to the silting of the river bed and, consequently, to construct a navigation channel Tralee (1846), and then the harbor fenites (1880), the importance of the port as a Blennervilya decreased significantly .  It played its role and scope of the 19th century almost all of Europe the global industrialization, resulting in widely introduced new technologies .  A special niche occupied and systems, whose work was based on the use of steam power, which, of course, led to the fact that the old windmill, which has the power could not compete, practically ceased to be used for its intended purpose, and then all was abandoned .

In 1981, Tralee Town Council bought the mill Blennervil, and in 1984 began the restoration work to transform this important historical and architectural monument in an entertaining museum. In 1990, in the presence of the current Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey James finally inaugurated mill Blennervil.

Today ielnitsa Blennervil - excellent modern museum with an exhibition gallery, a craft center and a small cozy restaurant. Here you can get acquainted in detail with ancient technologies of grinding grain and entertaining audiovisual presentation tells you about Blennervile as the main center of emigration Kerry during the Great Famine (1845-1848).