Well done to all at the East Galway Family History Society in Woodford, County Galway, Dr Paul Rondelez, Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project for reintroducing a lost craft of making bloomery iron using bog/iron ore and charcoal, the first time that this has happened in Ireland in almost 250 years. Making history also was Monica Hynes, Manager of the East Galway Family History Society, who became the first Irish female smelter in recorded history!
Woodford village and its smelting initiative was featured recently on the popular RTÉ programme, ‘Nationwide’, which you can watch at the link below.
https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/