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School: Gowna

Location:
Scrabby, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Hugh Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 123

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    “The old forge of Scrabby is marked..”

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    was used for fire in many of his critical jobs.
    He made a gate for the old church - a massive one in 1837 It is a combination of half inch iron and very good mortar. The standards are of course solid three inch iron The cross vars however are not of solid iron but are a marvel of construction for a plain village smith.
    Drawing of gate
    His smitthy is now a private house but out in front of it in the road you can trace the wheel shoeing stand. It barely peep through the road surface like this
    Drawing of road with spot for shoeing wheels
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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