School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)to men named Moore and McGarvey. The one at Cashelmore is owned by a man named Stuart. The two in Creeslough belong to two named McGinley and Baird. All the men's forefathers were smiths. One fire is burned in each forge. Among the smith's tools are hammers, sledge hammers, tongs, bellows, anvils and rasps. He shoes horses and donkeys. He mends farming implements. He puts shoeings on carts, traps and sidecars and make gates. The forge is a great place for storytelling.
- There are two forges in Dunfanaghy and two in Creeslough. The McGinleys and Robert John Stewart do the districts of Creeslough. McGarvey and James Moore do the district around Dunfanaghy. Their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Mc Gee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockduff, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Henry Mc Gee
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Knockduff, Co. Donegal
