Harcourt Mill:

Harcourt Flour Mill was established in 1810 by Robert Hall. The O.S Map 1837 and the St Jude’s Parish Map of 1864 identified a corn and flour mill at the First Lock. 

In 1883 The Irish Portland Cement and Brick Company Limited was situated on the Canal Bank at the First Lock where it acquired a pair of water mills. The company availed of easy and cheap transit of its goods to the South, Midlands and West of Ireland.

In 1904 it became insolvent and was forced into liquidation. The site was sold to the Dolphins Barn Brick Company which operated it until its demise in the 1930’s.