School: Dromcollchoille (B.)
- Location:
- Drom Collachair, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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- There was a forge in Kells in the year 1798. It was built in the shape of a rectangle, and was covered with sheet iron. The door was made in the shape of a horse-shoe. The smith made pikes for the pikemen of 1798. It is said, that the smith who worked in that forge, used to throw a fourteen pounds sledge over the battlements of Castleshen castle. The water that is used in a forge, is said to be a cure for sores.
- Collector
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bun Doilithe, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- Mrs Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 55
- Address
- Bun Doilithe, Co. Luimnigh