School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)
- Location:
- Edengora, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Michael Hetherton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0710, Page 163
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is a very old forge in this neighbourhood It as a public house at one time and then it became a forge. It is over a hundred years since this house was built. A man named Michael Clarke was the first black smith that worked in it and when he died his son, also named Michael worked in it. The latter got married and when his son Owen grew up he was a blacksmith and he also worked in it. When he died his nephew Richard Barbour came to work in it and is there at present.
This forge is situated along the old road that leads from Tierworker to Cormeen. There was always a good trade done in this forge and men came from far(continues on next page)
