School: Doire na Groighe (B.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7450)
- Location:
- Dernagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Caisil
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 269
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- (continued from previous page)descended from a noted family of smiths and said to have Owen Rhu blood in them. There is a forge Keale Bridge but it was really in Gortageen
but the little streams course was changed for the making of a bridge. This forge also belonged to a landlord called O'Connell. This smith was formerly bound down like the smith at Clonbanin. The present smith is Morgan Sweeney, the previous smith was Dan O'Callaghan who was known as Gaba–bawn. The wheel banding is done by the side of the stream. Those forges are now roofed with asbestos, but before that they had timber roofs covered over with felt which was tarred and sanded. The forge at Dromskehy was owned by a family of Sullivans. It is called a Sandpit forge. The old forge on the old road to Dromagh Fair Green Was owned by a smith named Halladay, John O'Sullivan served his time with Halladay and married the smiths daughter. The smith afterwards bought a public house nearby called the Sandpit House and the forge is still there. This old smith(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeremiah Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island-dahill, Co. Cork
