School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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- Above all the working menIn Ireland the Blacksmith works the bestHe is the only man who makes horses' shoes and therefore he should get a good rest.There are three forges in my parish.There is a three mile distance between each of them.who ownsThe forge I know most about is the one in my own townland. Tommie Mc Loughlin is the blacksmith He owns the forge about ten years. It belonged to his step father James McGarry who closely resembled King Edward VIIdescribeThe forge is a thatched house and inside there are many things such as bellows anvil and a font for holding water also a fire.The implements used are as follows hammer, chizzle, pincers and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Faughnan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Bernard Faughnan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim