School: Killygordon (roll number 11585)
- Location:
- Killygordon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Eibhlín Ní Loinsigh
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- Old Trades
Forge Work
My grandfather told me that when he was a young boy, about fifteen years of age, he worked in a forge industry. The forge is very near my house. The work is still carried on in it yet. He worked at wheel-making and nail-making.
He made the nails from iron. They got pieces of iron in the fire. Then, they hammered it with a hammer and made it round and flattened the top of it. They made the wheel from iron and wood. First they made a round hoop. Then they put wooden bars in it. That was the way they made wheels and nails in olden times.
- Collector
- Evelyn Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Avaltygort, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- William J. Gillespie
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Avaltygort, Co. Donegal
