School: Árd-chill
- Location:
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonalláin
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- (continued from previous page)within on a hearth raised about three feet from the ground. The smith uses a sledge, pincers, a rasp, an anvil and other tools. The smith shoes horses, jennets, asses, mules. I never heard of cattle being shod in this district. The bellows is like the ordinary kitchen only it is several times larger. He makes ploughs harrows, spades, shovels, and other farm implements. He also makes axels for carts, barrows, and wheels of all descriptions.
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- Collector
- Ben Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan