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School: Baile na Martra (C.) (roll number 13651)

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Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mary J. Fitzsimmons
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 211

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    used to make them in the olden days. Farmers nowadays have more up to date implements than smiths could fashion. Spades pikes, shovels, billhooks and axes are all factory made and are much more easily worked than the old fashioned types made by smiths in the olden days, but these implements are repaired at the forge when broken.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymacooly Beg, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Jeremiah Riordan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymacooly Beg, Co. Cork