Earth, Wind and Fire Furnace Festival

Following the success of last year’s event, members of Forged in Ireland and FurnaceFestival.ie will continue their research into medieval iron smelting, steelmaking, and forging.

This is a rare opportunity for the public to step back in time and witness—or take part in—the ancient craft of ironworking.

This year, members of the public can join our Smelting School, learning how to turn raw ore into the iron our ancestors used to make the tools and objects that shaped medieval Ireland!

🔥 The Smelting School

€150 per person for all 3 days – camping included
No experience necessary.

Start the weekend by visiting a local bog to learn how to identify, extract, and test iron ore. You’ll then:

• Process clay
• Build a furnace
• Smelt your own iron using medieval techniques

Stay in one of the local hotels or camp on-site and join the metal mayhem of the festival.

For tickets or questions, email furnace@forgedinireland.com or call Jamie on 089 702 7165.

🔨 Key Activities:

• Bog Iron Research
• Iron Smelting
• Experimental Archaeology
• Bloom Smithing
• On-site Camping Available

🔬 The Experiments

Smelting

• Exploring the effect of flux and additives on slag and iron yield

Medieval Ground Forge

• Based on archaeological finds
• Using only period-authentic materials and techniques to process bloomery iron into bars and objects

Steel Making

• Carburising iron using the Evenstad and “Aristotle” furnaces
• Surface carburising
• Testing the mechanical properties of the steel produced

📧 furnace@forgedinireland.com
📞 Jamie: 089 702 7165