School: Uragh (C.)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mc Caffrey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 004
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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. - The village of Swanlinbar or An Muileann Iarainn got it's name from the smelting industry carried on in the district hundreds of years ago.The smelting furnaces were built in the townland still called Furnaceland. Along the bank of the river Claddagh in the townland of Garloral traces of the old kilns may still be seen. Iron is plentiful in the district but the quality is poor and smelting was discontinued over 150 years ago.Swift, Sanders Darling and Bar were Scotch planters who controlled the industry at one time.
They built up the village and called it Swandlingbar locally it is still
called '' Swad ''.The village was long noted especially over Ulster-for it's mineral wells. There are 4 within easy reach containing the minerals-sulpur, chalybeate iron and magnesia. The late Bishop of Kilmore most Rev. Dr Finnegan(continues on next page)
