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ミルタウン（アイルランド語: Baile an Mhuilinn 、意味は「製粉所の町」）[ 2 ]は、アイルランドのケリー州にある主要都市トラリーとキラーニーを結ぶ国道N70号線沿いの小さな町です。キルゴルリンからは約7キロメートル（4マイル）離れています。
2015年7月、ミルタウン近郊のキラクロハンにある新石器時代の墓が発掘され、6000年前の可能性がある人骨が発見された。これらは、この国の南西部に最初に定住した人々のものと考えられている。[ 3 ]
13世紀から16世紀にかけて、ミルタウン周辺の土地の多くは近隣のキラガ修道院が所有しており、その遺跡は現在、町から1.5マイル（約2.4キロ）離れた場所に残っている。修道院解散後、これらの土地はスプリング家に与えられ、その後、アイルランド連合戦争を経てゴッドフリー家に渡った。ミルタウンの現在の集落は、1750年代にジョン・ゴッドフリー大尉によって、彼らの領地の中心地として開発された。ミルタウンの開発は、ゴッドフリー家による意図的な都市計画であり、彼らはこのような開発によって、地代、市場通行料、産業振興を通じて領地の収入と繁栄が増加することを期待していた。
ミルタウン・ホルト駅は1886年11月1日に開業し、1960年2月1日に閉鎖された。[ 4 ]
Bushfield House was built for Sir William Godfrey, 1st Baronet in the 1770s after the original Bushfield House, a long low thatched house was destroyed by fire. More or less abandoned from 1800 to 1818, Bushfield was renovated under the second Baronet, Sir John Godfrey, according to plans drawn up by the architect, William Vitruvius Morrison and renamed Kilcoleman Abbey. However the general economic decline of the 1820s meant that only the stables and service wing, with its Flemish gables, were completed as planned. Later, in the early 1840s, Sir William Godfrey, 3rd Baronet further modified the main block of the house, adding an attic storey, a turret emblazoned with the Red Hand of Ulster, the traditional shield of a Baronet and assorted gables, pinnacles and buttresses. Inside, the main reception rooms were remodelled in the then-popular Gothic style with plasterwork by local craftsmen, making extensive use of the Godfrey crest. The house was the centre of a 6,000-acre estate and was lived in continually by the Godfrey family until 1958. The last owner, Miss Phyllis Godfrey, confronted by an infestation of dry rot, was forced to abandon the house for the gate lodge where she died in December 1959. The house was eventually demolished in 1977.
Milltown has a number of pubs, several take-away restaurants, a bakery, two vets, a butcher's shop, a Roman Catholic parish church, a Church of Ireland church, two schools and a shopping market. Milltown hosts a number of annual festivals and events including the World Bodhrán Championships[5]
As of the early 21st century, Milltown has grown in population and a number of housing developments have been built. The 2011 census showed that Milltown was the fastest growing village in Kerry between 2006 and 2011, in which time its population more than doubled from 415 to 838.[6] By the time of the 2022 census, the population had grown to 1,118.[1]
Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.