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School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)

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Kilmorgan, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Kathleen M. Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 315

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 315

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  1. The Local Forge (continued)

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    The smith does a great deal of his work in the open air when the weather is fine. When he is shoeing wheels he always has a fire outside and he shoes them in the open air always. The smiths are always looked upon as being very strong men. In olden times the people always gathered to the forge in the evenings and somebody always read the paper around, but that is not the custom nowadays.
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  2. The Landlord

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    The local landlord was Robert Duke. His family were settled in the district for about four hundred years. He was looked upon as a very bad landlord. Evictions and planting were carried out during his reign and the evicted people had to
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonlurg, Co. Sligo