School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)and a third belongs to Mr Kelly. Horse and ass shoeing is their principle work but theyalso fix farm implements and shoe wheels. The tools they use are those, two small tongs and two large ones, a punch, a chisel, a large hammer, and a small one, a buffer, a knife, a rasp, a big pincers, a wedge, a hack saw, a rinch, a voice, an anvil, a dog, a cutter, and a square punch. There is also a barrel full of water to cool the red irons, this water will cure warts.
- Collector
- Pádraig De Núinnseáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
