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School: Carnán (roll number 14031)

Location:
Carnaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0003, Page 024n

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    idea was to get it case hardened. Bronze is either hard & brittle or soft. In neither case could it be used for successful ironery. But hardness of bronze depends on its rate of cooling. When cooled quickly hard & brittle.
    In Wilson's Egyptology he states the [Armenian?] or Alpine or Celtic race in their trek west increasing in population, had their front broken by Black or Caspian seas. The lower branch descended on the Mediterranean coasts, came under the influence of Mediterranean culture & became Mantine Celts. They were ship builders, agriculturists & miners, and finding ore outcrops on a weathered coast settled down there and formed [forges?] [focuses?]
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Mac Searraigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athenry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    An Dochtúir Mac Searraigh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Doctor
    Address
    Athenry, Co. Galway