School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Ambrose Madders
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  2. There are four smiths in this parish. Their names are Matthew Mansfield, John Power, Michael Carney and John Keane. Lots of their people have been smiths for many years before. There are three of the forges situated on the side of the main road. The other is situated near Kilmeaden Station. The roofs on some of them are slated and the roofs on the others are tiled. The doors are of ordinary shape but wider. There is one fireplace in each. The implements the smiths use are the anvil. vice, hammer, punch, chisel,
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