School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Plunkett
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- There are two forges in the parish one in the village of Ballyhaise and the other at the Creamery about half a mile from the village. In the forge at the Creamery the smith is Patrick Cahill and in the village John Brady. John Brady's people before him were smiths. The forge in the village is just beside the road, but the forge at the Creamery is neither near a cross road nor a road-side but it is beside the river Ann-a-lee. The door on either forge is of no special shape.
The bellow's are used to pump wind in to the fire to keep it lit. They are made of felt and are worked by a long wooden handle. Bellows were made locally but are not made now. The instruments which the black smiths uses are the bellows, tongs, hammers and sledges. He has also a drill with which he bores holes in iron. He shoes horses, asses and ponies. He makes no ploughs nor spades but he makes, harrows. He repairs ploughs and(continues on next page)
