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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 380

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    All the old houses long ago were thatched. The thatch was of straw or sedge. The sedge was got on the mountains and they grew the straw in their own fields.
    Some people had the bed in the kitchen. They also had the hens and ducks in the kitchen. The pig
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Darcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway