School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)
- Location:
- Knocknamanagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dáithí de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0321, Page 124
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- Patrick Enright of Britfieldstown, Minane Bridge was a famous old smith who made ploughs and plough parts and harrows.
The OSullivans of Ballinaclashet, Kinsale made two kinds of ploughs, the swing plough and a smaller plough for sowing seed.
One of these old ploughs is still in the possession of the Hurleys of Reagrove Minane Bridge
- A family named Goggin kept a forge in Mrs Lynch's field at Tubrid, Minane Bridge. This field is now known as páirc na ceardchan. They usually made plough parts.
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