School: Urcher
- Location:
- Urcher, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Martha Allister
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- (continued from previous page)townland of Creevagh and Mr Keenan's is in the townland of Dromore.
A forge is a very large stone building about the size of a good shed. It had generally a felt roof on it, and sometimes there is a window in it.
It is always a rather dark place even although there are windows in it, because there is always smoke which blackens it.
There is no particular shape of a door on the forge, it is just an ordinary square door, wide enough to let a horse and cart through.
The door is generally kept open to let some light in. There is generally a wooden floor of rough planks where the horses stand, and round the hearth there is just a clay floor.
There is also a water trough before the fire in which he cools the hot irons, and he(continues on next page)
