School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)to bury them some place near the chapel. There was a shipwreck down at Dun Ree. There was a great storm of snow and the boat hit against a rock and sunk and all the people was drowned but two people who swimmed out and were saved. This boat was coming from England to Dun Ree.
- Dohertys fordge is situeated on the road side. [?] fordge has black walls and it is about [?] miles from Buncrana. There is a square door and there is donkeys shoes horses and ponys shoes on the door of this fordge. There is [?] on the inside of this fordge door. This [?[ makes ploughs. This fordge has here this long [?].There is a fordge in our district now and the man that runs this fordges name is [?] Doherty. This mans father was a blacksmith long ago. This man uses iron goods. He uses course [?] hammers and many bellows. He has handles [?] he turns round when he is doing any work. [?] shoes horses and fixes ploughs and does many other things. He has four or five bellows. This fordge has a thatch roof and it is thatched every year.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Gortyarrigan, Co. Donegal
