School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)They have been making them for eight generations and there were eight Matthews in succession.
- Pat, John and Thomas Reynolds were nail makers. John had his forge in a shed now owned by Micheal Reilly. The dust of the fire is to be seen on one of the walls yet. They had another forge in a shed now owned by Patrick Hopkins. They made sole nails, and carpenter's nails. A long nail called a nailrod was first put in the fire until it was red. Then it was taken out and hammered on the anvil to make a round edge on it. Next it is cut at whatever length was needed. Then the other end was put down in the anvil and a head was put on it. Next it was shot back out of (anvil) the hole that was in the anvil and it fell into a box.
- Collector
- Matthias O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Francis King
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Deerpark, Co. Cavan