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* In the west of this county iron ore veins are not recorded ; but in olden times ore was 

 smelted in places, such as Lou gh-na- Furnace, Screeb, and in other places on Galway Bay or 

 its inlet. In these places, however, it may have been bog-iron ore that was used, mixed with 

 imported ore — as the records inform us that, iron ore was imported into places along the 

 west coast to be smelted, on account of the abundance of timber; the old iron being made 

 with wood charcoal. In the south-east of the county there were extensive furnaces and 

 mills adjoining Lough Derg, the last in work, that of Woodford, having its fires put out 

 about tbe year 1750. The iron ores for these furnaces and mills were procured in the 

 vicinity {bog-iron ore) near Tomgraney, Co. Clare {limonite), and from the Lower Shannon, 



