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School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 314

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  1. An Gabha agus an Cheárta (continued)

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    Grotrevagh [Gortrevagh ?]. Mike Walsh owns the one in the suburbs and Tom Joe Walsh owns the one in the town
    Both forges are on the road and both are thatched.
    The doors of them are the same shape as any doors execpt they are twice as wide.
    The bellows is in the shape of a drum and there is a handle out of it. It blows the bellows. In the big forges the smith has to have someone employed to blow it.
    The articles he used are, a sledge, a hammar, a coal, a chesel, a punch, an anvil, a file, a rasp, a square
    They have a well in a rock outside to cool the horse's shoes
    He shoes asses and horses. He makes gates, ploughs, harrows, cranes he also puts bands on wheels of carts
    The smith is suppose to have a charm. If any person leaves a bad eye on your cow and takes away her butter and if you want it back you
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway