School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 321
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- There is only one forge round here. The smith is Clerkin of Three-mile-house. They live at a cross roads. The people have kept the forge for a long time.
The forge is a wee house with a galvanized roof on it and there is also a wee chimney on it. The smith makes farm implements and he fires them also such as harrows and ploughs. There is a fire in the forge too and beside it there is a big hole for water so that he can cool any iron he wants.
There used to be a forget at Deighan's Cross long ago owned by Mick Deighan. He used to make all the implements such as(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Peter Deighan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
