What is recorded here

One of Ireland's oldest ironworks stood in An Daingean, mining local rock before 1600 and drawing heat from charcoal rather than distant coal. Toby Creane struck his name into Dingle tokens, proving the forge served everyday trade as much as grand ambition. When two new furnaces and a forge rose in 1707, the site grew larger instead of fading, suggesting the metal kept coming and the demand kept returning.

'Dingle Town O.S. 43. One of the oldest of the Kerry works, iron being mined in 1600. An old Dingle tradesman's token bore the inscription 'Toby Creane, Dingell-y-Cushe Iron Worke'. Two new furnaces and a forge erected 1707.' The above description is from McCracken E. 1957 Charcoal-burning ironworks in seventeenth century Ireland. UJA 20. Date of upload: 19 January 2012

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