School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 168
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The water that washes the feet is thrown out, but the people used to say it should be thrown under a lone-bush.
- There are four forges in the parish of Lurgan. The forges are - Pat Kiernan's, Jack Reilly's, Matthew Garagan's and Paddy Morgan's. Pat Kiernan's father and grandfather and great grandfather were all blacksmiths for nine generations (black) back. Matthew Garagan's people were also blacksmiths for nine generations back.(continues on next page)
