School: Tír na nEascrach
- Location:
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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- (continued from previous page)Wheel Making - The Flanagans and Hara's
Tom Flanagan still keeps on the trade - 60 years ago solid wheels were used with a wooden axleBurning Lime not done now but common years ago. The neve used limestone that was exposed to the weatherDyeing. Mike McLoughlin was an expert in bog black which he got in Kill bog.Spade shovel and Forks.
A man named Keogh in Derrahine made those. His spades were long and narrow - 1 1/2 ft long. Where Keogh had his Forge is still called Keogh's garden.
