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School: Duncormick

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Duncormick, Co. Wexford
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P. S. Ó hEachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 062

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    a punch, a vice, an anvil, rasps, and knives.
    He shoes horses and asses and long ago his father used to shoe cattle when people drove them to Dublin Fair. He makes gates, and repairs ploughs, harrows, and any kind of farm implements. This smith has the fireplace for melting iron for binding wheels.
    Dick Roche,
    Johnstown Hse
    Duncormick
    Co. Wexford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dick Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Wexford