1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Mercy Convent, Cootehill

School: Mercy Convent, Cootehill

Location:
Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr M. Aidan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 201

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 201

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Mercy Convent, Cootehill
  2. XML Page 201
  3. XML “Forges”
  4. XML “Forges”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  2. Forges

    Share Share Post
    9. The blacksmiths are looked upon as being very strong. The forges were centres for storytelling and news. Most of the country people spent their Winter nights in the forges to hear the news of the day or any old ghost story or legend connected with the parish.
    Pikes were made for several Insurrections and rebellions by Irish blacksmiths. One of the smiths was Paid O' Donohoe. The yeomen took him prisoner and bound him in chains and brought him before their captain, who ordered them to unbind him and have him shoe their horses.
    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
    Maura O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cootehill, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cootehill, Co. Cavan