THE MILL STREAM

The footbridge over the Mill Stream, Gabbett's Grove 2013

The footbridge over the Mill Stream, a view from the river. 

The old footbridge and portion of the Lax Weir at the Mill Stream 1920. This part of the weir was to prevent fish entering the Mill Stream.

Boating on the Mill Stream, Corbally House in the background.

Boats below the Lax Weir, at the tail of the Mill Stream c.1905. St. Thomas's Island is in the background.

Pat Lysaght with the last remaining piece of the original grid from the Mill Stream section of the Lax Weir.

From the footbridge one can continue to the Salmon Weir Bank, it is a fantastic riverside walkway, unfortunately over the years it has fallen into disrepair, having burst its banks on many occasions, repaired in several places, overgrown most of the time, full of potholes, with bare roots forcing their way through the bank. A fascinating place all the same, teeming with Ferns, Grasses and Reeds, Cuckoo Flower/Ladies Mantle, Yellow Flag Iris, Summer Snowflake, Reed Mace, Horsetail and much, much more. 

Mr. Liam Forde, who lived at Lax Weir Cottage, Mill Road, now (Suil na h-Abhainn), grazed his cattle on his land along by the Salmon Weir Bank. He played a major role in the Irish Revolution. During the war of Independence he was Officer in Command of the IRA Mid-Limerick Brigade. He took the anti-treaty side in the Civil War. He became manager of the Lax Weir Company in 1925. He was responsible for constructing the Thomond Weir in 1940. He was also a founder member of the Limerick Beekeepers Association.

Remains of the old sluice on the Salmon Weir bank, Corbally.