School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 14_017
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- There is a Forge in the parish of Balla Barony of Carra Co. Mayo.
It is built with stones and roofed with slates. There is a double door and a window in the front of it. There is one fireplace in it. It is to the north of the forge. The forge is built at a cross roads. The smith burns coal to redden his iron. His name is William Kervill.
Once a month the smith makes a big fire for putting the tyres on cart wheels.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jimmie Adams
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tom Adams
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
