School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)
- Location:
- Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 468
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- The Local Forge.
There is only one forge in the parish. The black-smith name is Thomas Dufficy, Carniska, Strokestown. His people have been smiths for about ninty years. It is situated on the road - side near the cross-roads in the townland of Lismehy. There is an iron roof on it and there is one fire place on it.
The shape of a bellows is oblong and it is worked by a handle which blows the fire and kindles it. The bellows were not made locally. The black-smith uses a hammer, a sledge, a pincers, a wrench, a tongs and a punch.
He shoes horses and asses and he makes gates and ploughs and repairs machinery(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Una Collins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Margaret Cuffe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
