Heritage group fights to stop 250-year-old forge being demolished for housing

The Carrigtwohill & District Historical Society is opposing plans for housing project which would see the 250 year old forge demolished. 

Barrett’s forge, Carrigtwohill in its heyday.

A heritage group in East Cork has launched a petition in the hope of preserving a 250-year-old forge which is on land which is earmarked for a proposed new housing development.

Carrigtwohill & District Historical Society (CDHS) is opposing plans for a housing project which has been lodged with Cork County Council at Anngrove, Carrigtwohill on the basis that it wants to see the forge preserved.