School: Keelagh
- Location:
- Caolach, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Ellen Reilly
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- There are three forges in this district. One of these is situated beside the village of Redhills and Mr John North works in it. This is a very small forge with two fires and two large bellows, two anvils and a boring machine for boring metals and irons.
There are ploughs and other iron implements made and repaired at it. Horses are also shod at it and there is a man kept for this work. The man there at present is Mr. Owen Sheenan. The forge is situated beside cross roads.
There is another forge at Gannons cross. Mr. Miles works in it, and it is still smaller than the other one. There is only one fire in it and there is no work done there except shoeing horses. The other forge is in the townland of Drumcarn and Mr Bernard Tierney works in it but there is only one fire in it
A blacksmith's life is a hard one. Vulcan was the first smith's name.
- Collector
- Eileen Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caolach, Co. an Chabháin
