School: Christian Bros., Drogheda (roll number 16718)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Ó Siordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 030
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- 1. This little town of Drogheda is inhabited with five forges owned by the following people
2. Fertlougs Domnick's Street.
O Neil's old Abby, Lyons Stockwell Street. Smiths Bachlors Lane and Gibney's John Street.
3. Most of these forge's are galvanisied the others are slated.
4. Some forge's with one fire have only one bellows while those with two fires have two bellows.
5. The bellows are not made here, they are made in England.
6. The impliments used by the smith are, an anvil, a vice, a sledge, a fuller, a stamp and from five to six different sets of punches.
7. The smith only shoe's horses and asses but he makey farm impliments, gates, railings.
8. The work done by the out door smith is shoeing wheels which is done out in the shoeing pit.
