School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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- There are four forges in this parish at present two in Dunfanaghy McGarveys forge and Moore's and Robert Stuart of Cashelmore and Barney McGinley of Creeslough. They are descended from Smiths. The roofs of the forges are slated, the doors are oblong shape. The smiths shoe horses and donkeys.
The smiths shoe cart wheels out in the open and he has two fires on the floors.
- Collector
- Frances Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Grace Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
- There are about three forges in this district most of them have a slate roof one fire in each of them and a great bellows. Most of the bellows are made here.
The smith fixes all kind of farm implements such as ploughs, grubbers, harrows and a great lot of other things. He also shoes horses and donkeys.(continues on next page)
