1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ballinakill (B.)

School: Ballinakill (B.) (roll number 895)

Location:
Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
William Hande
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 058

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 058

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballinakill (B.)
  2. XML Page 058
  3. XML “The Local Forge”

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

  1. The Local Forge (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    I heard about the forge from my father. He lives in Ballinakill.
    He is a blacksmith. He was born in Boley, and spent most of his life there.
    He knows it himself.
    He was living in Ballinakill.
    I wrote about this story the 18th June 1938.
    James Fitzpatrick
    Ballinakill
    Leix
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Fitzpatrick
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois