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School: An Charraig

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Carrick, Co. Cavan
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S. Ó Tiománaí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 151

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    The Local Forge.
    There are two forges in this locality one in the townland of Maughera and one in Cullaboy. The forges are situated along the roadside. Both are near a crossroad The names of the Smiths are Boylan and Smith The shoe horses, asses and do other kind of work such as mending ploughs and also "shoeing" wheels and mending shovels and spades
    They use the following tools, axes, poker, pinces, anvil, bellows and many other things.
    The forges are thatched and a stone trough for cooking the iron
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Goldrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Freeduff, Co. Cavan