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School: Tattenclave

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Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 322

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    Ned Connolly was blacksmith for this parish to about a year ago. He was there for about thirty years and there was six generations there before him. He was the seventh and he had the cure of the rickets. People went to him and were cured.
    People used to ceilidhe in the forges long ago. Every blacksmith has in their forge anvil bellows, tongs, iron of all sorts, knives for dressing hooves, hammers for driving nails, rice for holding hot irons,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin