1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Teampall Mhuire

School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 115

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 115

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Teampall Mhuire
  2. XML Page 115
  3. XML “Forges”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Forges

    Share Share Post
    There are about four forges in this district, one in Killala, one in Foghill, and one in Carratrasna.
    Mr. Hughs owns the owns the one in Killala. He is a very good smith he can make beautiful gates. He made the entrance gates into Killala Catholic Church. He can also make scuffles, shoe horses, and make all sorts of impliments.
    His father was a smith and owned a smith, he owned a forge in Mullafarry. He spent a good deal of his time in Africia at the time of the Boer War.
    Mr. Collins owns the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Killeen
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo