What were the wages of a blacksmith in Ireland during the 19th century?

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Also terms and conditions of employment 1840-1900

Answer 1

from the link below, it sounds like payment was a barter system.

Answer 2

Darn you ask tough questions - - - as a dyslexic English money confuses an American who only thinks in Dollars & Cents and wages then compared to now factoring in inflation etc etc - - - -arghhhhhh -- --- also economic wse things were rotten as heck from 1840 through 1870 and got gradually better the final decades..
And being a backsmith could mean many things. A fully recognized blacksmith who owned his own forge and perhaps a plot of land and maybe came from a line of blacksmiths with ownership & skills going back generations - - - well such a man was like the Gas Station Owner in Rural Alabama 1953. A big man - - - - well off, most of his wage would be 'in trade.' The Town or Village Blacksmith kept the wheels turning. The Produce man needed wheels for his carts & wagons as did the mine owner and the new fangled omnibus. People paid the Blacksmith with the food on his table. Many a blacksmith funneled funds to a family member who might manage an inn or tavern. By the 1840's mechanics were more the norm, and a good blacksmith was an expert in metalurgy who could resolve the perceived need for a host of 'new inventions.'

An UpperClass Blacksmith was an Independent Tradesman.

But a Journey Man or Interiment (mispelled) Man wasn't so blessed. If he had connections he might live 'well; but if he was an average Joseph figure a modern day wage of four to six hundred a week. Some Journeyman managed to conjure up good solid contracts, usually giving a chunk of change to a lawyer, and so were guaranteed a wage for a set time as per set conditions but for a majorityainy. it was job to job work with a lot on uncert

A Blacksmith assistant was someone smart enoiugh to know how to bank the fires and could do general clean up work and might even be trusted to make nails, but tasks like that were falling out of practice as manufactered good proliferated. A grunt laborer type might make the modern American equivalent of $200 to $400 a week. Work was usually by a contract fair to employer and harsh for employee. Employer will provide work for emploiyee but employee will not be paid for sick days or vacation and might be terminated immediately.

A few links may help...
http://www.fflint.co.uk/industry.html

http://www.addingham.info/village/addcensus.htm

http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity/stories/dolan.htm

http://www.connhistory.org/arch_contents.htm
yes America but an account book from the time of the 1840s or so

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Answer 3

He would have enjoyed the buying power about that of a non-union common laborer of today, perhaps a bit less.

Answer 4

50 potatoes per annum+company leprechaun+clover target bonus.

Answer 5

http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index...