School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 05_012
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- There are nine forges in the Parish. One at Bolton's Cross and one at the Six crosses and one near a stream. All the rest in Listowel. Most of the forges are made of cement and roofed with corrugated iron and some are roofed with slate.
The smith's implements are, an anvil, a bellows, a hammer, a pincers. The smith shoes horses, ponies, asses and also shoes wheels of cars and repairs ploughs, harrows and gates.
There is a big handle in the bellows and it is worked up and down to blow the fire.
- Collector
- B. Ní Chonchubhair
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Michael O' Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Finuge, Co. Kerry
