School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0177, Page 174
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)[-]
- There are about five forges in the parish of Ballisodare. There is one in Knocknagrough in the parish of Ballisodare. It is worked by a man named Brian Flannery. There is also another forge in the townland of Lisaneena it is worked by a man named James Reynolds.
In Ballisodare there is another forge and it is worked by a man named Thomas Flynn. There is another forge in Markree in the parish of Ballisodare. My father does not know by whom it is worked. In Tubberbride in the parish of Ballisodare there is another forge and it is worked by a man named Michael McDonagh.
These forges are mostly situated on the side of the road. Most of them have wooden roofs and are covered with felt outside the wood. There is one fireplace in each forge.
The bellows is a leather instrument put up in a wooden frame. It is worked by a shaft which is joined to a frame. The implement used by the smiths are the anvil, bellows, claw hammer, pinchers, file, and a trough for cooling the iron.
These smiths shoe horses and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nancy Flynn
- Informant
- Owen Flynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackagh, Co. Sligo
