School: Davidstown (roll number 9682)
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Marion G. Brennan
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- The forge now used by Lar Doyle, Moneyhore was built one hundred and fifty years ago & was formerly a great place of resort. At night all the neighbours gathered in, told stories, discussed happenings in the parish, played cards, blew at the bellows & took a hand at making staples &c. In those days the smith did no work on ploughs, which were all of wood. When this forge was built, cattle were used to do farm work, & they used to be shod. A man coming to the forge had to bring his own iron, nails &c.
When first built the forge was all slated, now half of it is covered with felt. Lar Doyle's father and his grandfather worked in this forge and he has worked in it for over 35 years. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Duggan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- The Leap, Co. Wexford