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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0512

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    be heavy poles stretched from one fork to the other, and a pole at each end, so that the square of the house would be finished.
    Then a fork about six feet longer than the corner forks would be put at the centre of each end, and a pole put from one end to the other. Then four poles were put on the outside forks. After that, they put wattles from the centre to the outside poles, and the roof was finished. The roof was covered with bog scraws, and the scraws covered with rushes.
    The building of the walls was started. First a lot of light poles were got and put standing from the ground to the pole, that was on the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Galway