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School: An Clochán (C.)

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Cloghan, Co. Offaly
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Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0815, Page 102

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    Each of the forges had thatched roofs. The doors were wide and in two separate parts.
    Each of them had a fireplace. The bellows are made of leather worked by a long handle up and down.
    They were not made locally. They were supplied from Dublin.
    The tools the smith uses are hammer, pinchers, knife, rasp, and clinch cutter, for shoeing horses.
    The smiths used to shoe horses, asses, and jennets, but no cattle.
    They shoe horses and bind wheels in the open
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    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
    Mary Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Galros, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr James Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galros, Co. Offaly