School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 148
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- There are four smiths in this parish. There is a smith in Doonbeg and his name is Michael McGrath. The implements a smith uses are a bellows, a vice, an anvil, a rasp, a hammer, a sledge, and a pincers.Most of the forges are slated. A few are thatched. There is a smith in Glascloune, one in Baltard, and a smith in Bealaha. There was a smith in Monmore across from the Church and it was owned by a smith named James Taylor. The smith makes farm implements namely, tongs, ploughs, and gates. He shoes wheels in the open air.
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Séamus Ó Síothcháin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
