Mayo organisers of Culture Night

events 20th September 2013

Hammer & Tongs Group 2012

HAMMER & TONGS

Over the years there were at least 20

forges throughout the Nephin locality.

Lahardane

A good night was had by all on 11th December 2010!

Down Memory Lane

Culture Night

September 2011

Culture Night

September 2012

Tools of the trade!

Shoeing the horse

Working iron on the anvil

Sledging at the anvil

A leather bellows

Two old local forges now

Step back in time

The willing Beast

Morrison’s Tubbernavine

Remember those days!

The Last Invasion of Ireland

August 1798

Commemorated in Lahardane, Sunday 18th August 2013

Pikes were made locally in Murphy’s Forge, Derryhillagh for the 1798

Campaign. They were the major weapon used by local people who joined

General Humbert and his men in Killala in August 1798 .

We know that some of these brave people in that campaign were the Barretts

of Lahardane; Jordans of Derryhillagh; from Glenavenue John & Pat

Joyce; Gaughan & James McNamara Caffoley; Páidin a Choga from

Rathkell; Larry Gillespie from Addergoole.

1798 Our Known Local Dead

Garrett

Passing on the Skills and Traditions

Monaghan Town

International Blacksmiths Festival

23 – 26 June 2011

Forging in Monaghan Town Square

Filming in Monaghan Town Square

Hammer & Tongs Visit June 2011