School: Broughall, Killcormac
- Location:
- Broughal, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chlabhtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 235
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- There is one forge in my parish. It is owned by a man named Thomas Mahn. Both his grandfather and father were smiths in times gone by. the forge is situated at a cross roads about six miles from the town of Birr. It is built with cement and stones. The roof is covered with zinc and the zinc is painted red. There are two doors on it and they are painted black. There is one fire-place and there is also a bellows for kindling the fire.
The smith shoes horses and donkeys and he can make all kinds of farm implements such as ploughs, harrows, cultivators, grubbers and chains. When the smith is going to shoe a horse first he puts the shoes into(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ignatius Mahon
- Gender
- Male
