School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 116

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    best is that owned by Eugene Canty. It is situated near a cross-roads and there is a little stream running near it. It is covered with corrugated iron and is round in shape. The door in this forge is a large one and can be opened to each side. There is one fireplace in this forge. The bellows is up on a bench behind the fireplace. There is an iron handle in the bellows and that is moved up and down and the wend comes out a pipe and enters the fireplace and so blows the fire. This bellows was not made locally. The implements which the smith has to do his work are an anvil, a pincers, a sledge, a chisel, a punch, a vice, hammer, a forge-tongs, a rasp, a brace
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dysert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dysert, Co. Kerry