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It is vitally important that we understand and appreciate the value of this craft, and that the skills of these blacksmiths are preserved. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In 2020, <\/span><\/span><span><span>blacksmiths from traditional forges<\/span><\/span><span><span> will undertake the restoration of <\/span><\/span><span><span>two traditional flat-bar farm gates, which had become dilapidated and severely corroded over their lifetime<\/span><\/span><span><span>. <\/span><\/span><span><span>Using traditional techniques, they will restore them to their former beauty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span>The\u00a0process will be photographically recorded and documented and t<\/span><\/span><span><span>he restored gates will be hung in\u00a0an appropriate site thus\u00a0becoming part of the rural landscape once again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12313,"template":"","class_list":["post-12312","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Traditional Heritage Ironwork Restoration - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Traditional ironwork is a wonderful feature of the Irish landscape, which contributes greatly to sense of place.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/traditional-heritage-ironwork-restoration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Traditional Heritage Ironwork Restoration - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Traditional ironwork is a wonderful feature of the Irish landscape, which contributes greatly to sense of place. 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