Spotted in Lisadell House, Sligo.

Two spinning wheels! Spotted on Friday 9th of August 2019, in the kitchen area downstairs in Lissadell House, Sligo, ancestral home of the Gore Booth family. 
The kitchen was dark, the day was overcast and dull, apologies for the not-so-great photos. The Donegal wheel was in a little pantry, standing at an angle and I couldn't get any closer. 

This wheel looks to me like a Donegal wheel. This style of wheel was originally brought in from Holland to spin flax.  The style was copied and modified by the woodworkers in Donegal to spin wool regardless. Check out Johnny Shiels' website www.spinningwheels.ie to see more examples of this kind of wheel from the man who makes them.

This is the flyer from the Donegal wheel above, it is just hanging loose, it needs somebody to pick it up and pop it back into place, before it gets lost or broken. 

This castle wheel has its flyer, see it hanging down to the right hand side. It too needs a bit of work.

Suffice to say, my fingers were itching to set them to rights.