School: St Mary's, Bridge-End

Location:
Bridge End, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 199

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    The floor is also made of blue clay, the roof is round also there are two fires in this forge also three windows in it.
    Kind of work they do in the forges
    They mostly shoe horses, they also [?] all sorts of machinery such as plougho, veapers, and linder. They also [?] all sorts of other farming instruments.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Hegarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bridge End, Co. Donegal