School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)
- Location:
- Irishtown, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Manus
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- (continued from previous page)in the forge is done in the open air. The smiths were always looked upon as been strong.In older times all the men used to gather to the forge every evening and talk about what had happened during the day. There are two disused forges in the parish. I do not know any story about the local forge.
- Collector
- Mary Kate Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo