Ardaghy Forge

The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey forge, dated 1898, now vacant, with grounds in use as community garden.

The saved account records: Pitched corrugated-iron roof with red brick chimneystack to east gable.

The saved account records: Roughcast-rendered walls to south having some exposed coursed limestone rubble and brick, unrendered walls to other elevations.

The saved account records: Recent heritage signpost to south elevation.

Ardaghy Forge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This forge, built in 1898, was strategically located at Ardaghy Cross to take full advantage of the passing trade on this highway to Monaghan. The modest size, simple form, steeply-pitched roof and outshot to rear are typical of Irish vernacular buildings. The original wide segmental-headed opening has since been blocked up with a square-headed door opening but its outline is still clearly visible to the front elevation. The forge serves as a reminder of the importance of the horse as a means of transport in Irish rural society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. While this building is dated 1898, it is… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.