School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 365
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- (continued from previous page)Colgans. The Hamiltons emigrated to Australia about thirty years ago and the others emigrated to America about the same time. The land is fairly level in our district with a slope towards the sea. It has a sandy bottom. There are no woods in Carrowbeg. There is a stream called the Sweat House River, rising in the Glen Hill, which flows between Carrowbeg and Carrowmena, and enters the sea at Termone Bay.
- The smith shoes cross horses and bends cart hoopings outside the forge door. He shoes cart wheels at a stream about a hundred yards above the forge. This stream is called the Forge-Hole. Forge water, put on hacks, is supposed to cure them. The sparks that fly from the hot iron, put on boils or blisters, are supposed to cure them. The local smiths have always been regarded as being strong men.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Faulkner
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cheathrú Bheag, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Henry Farren
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
