School: Tullycasson
- Location:
- Ardvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- There are only a few forges in this parish. They are a long distance from where I live. The nearest one to me belongs to a man named Dolan. His father worked in it before him. It is situated not many miles from the main road, and there is a river running almost by the door. It is built outside the dwelling house, and it is thatched. Outside the door there is a horse-shoe up, so that the passers-by may know it is a forge. In the wall outside there are a lot of horse-shoes stuck, for the purpose of tying horses and asses.
The door is in two halves. The upper half is always opened, in order to give the blacksmith light to work, and the lower half is shut so that the horses cannot get out. There is only one fireplace, and it is built about three feet high and four feet broad. It is coal that is burned in it. One side of the fire there is a stone basin always full of water, and the blacksmith has a brush made of rushes, and he sprinkles the water on the fire with it when it is to strong. There is a big bellows in the corner(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Ann Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullynacross, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullynacross, Co. Cavan
