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School: Leargán Buidhe (B.) (roll number 14288)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Bhaldraithe
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  1. The Local Forge

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    There are five forges in the parish namely Mr. Kilauff's, Mr. Mullin's, Mr Tighe's, Mr. Quinn's, and Mr. Waldron's. These people have been smiths for over thirty years. The forges have situated in the East and West of the parish. The most of them are near the road-side. The roof is made up of scraws and sticks. There is no door in some of the forges. There is only one fire-place inside the forge. The bellows are a leather instrument with a wooden handle. It is worked by the hand. It is the bellows that blows the fire. The bellows were made locally. The names of the implement he uses are the hammer, the rasp, the anvil, the iorn and the pincers. The smith does not make farm implements such as ploughs, harrows, spades, shovels,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Forde
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo