page_title: Sliabh an Iarainn
section_title: Drumshanbo Furnace
hierarchical_section_title: Sliabh an Iarainn / Heritage / Iron industry / Drumshanbo Furnace
caption_attribution_description: English: Creevelea Ironworks, 1905. Last place in Ireland where Iron has been manufactured.
context_page_description: Sliabh an Iarainn, formerly Sliabh Comaicne, is a large hill in County Leitrim, Ireland. Its present form evolved from the southwest movement of ice age glaciers over millions of years, the morainic drift heaping thousands of drumlins in the surrounding lowlands. Irish cultural folklore records strong association with the mythological "Tuatha De Dannan". Sliabh an Iarainn is an important natural heritage site with exposed marine and coastal fauna of paleontological interest
context_section_description: After the ironstone melted, the Pig iron was brought to Drumshanbo Finery forge to the south of Lough Allen to produce the malleable iron product which was transported to Dublin and Limerick by boat. Folklore claims the "Iron ore was conveyed to the Drumshanbo furnaces by boat, on Lough Allen. The sources of supply, were, the Slieven an Iern [Anerin], Ballinaglera, Arigna mountains, all situated around Lough Allen. It is thought that the town of Drumshanbo had its origin in these industries". Drumshanbo Iron works closed in 1765.
caption: Creevlea- The last place in Ireland where Iron was manufactured.
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