School: Turlough, Béal an Chloga (roll number 14872)

Location:
Turlough, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Éalaidhe
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    There are many ruins of old forges around here. ...

    There are many ruins of old forges around here. The name of one smith was Peter O'Brien. He lived near Bellharbour. He was born a beggar man and he used to going from house to house. He set up a forge and his name became famous all over Ireland. He had to pay as man to work for him he had so much work to do. Horses and cars were scarce in Ireland but he bought one. He used to go driving to town every day. He started drinking and he said, A tinker I was born and a tinker I'll die. He sold everything and died a pauper. The stones of the forge are in the walls of the road now.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John P. Kerins
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Mc Gann
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Clare