Claregalway Museum and Forge

John Hogan, Blacksmith. Killala, Ireland.

In the summer of 2010, Nick Hand set off to Ireland to complete his journey around coast of the British Isles. The people he talked to along the way included artists, craftspeople and makers.

Forging a snub end scroll by blacksmith from Ireland finín liam Christie

Bank It! - Nicole Shank - Dean Fischer - Dartfield Equestrian Center - Loughrea, Ireland

from the irish vacation - this one is kind of long but we go down a big (for us!) bank at the end. it seems really big when you are doing it :)

Regular folks, Episode1 (The blacksmith, Barney Devlin)

The first episode in the series 'Regular Folks'
hosted by Roger Lennox. Here we meet the local blacksmith Barney Devlin from the Hillhead, a small hamelt on the outskirts of Castledawson, Co Derry N/Ireland

Peter Donegan and Michael Budd from the guild of blacksmiths

I met with michael budd from the guild of blacksmiths to find out more about this amazing craft and also what and how you could get involved.
recorded june bank holiday weekend 2009