School: Drom na Coradh (Dromnacurra) (roll number 12744)

Location:: Dromnacarra, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 222

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The houses long ago were very small; they had no gables but thatch and the walls were built with stones and mud. They were thatched houses; they got the thatch for these houses in the bogs and marshy land. The people long ago used to sleep in the kitchen. The front of the chimney was made up of twigs and clay. The windows were very small with only one pane of glass. The floors were made of mud. Very few people used half-doors now. People long ago burned wood for fire. Long ago the people used bogdeal splinters and rushes for light instead of lamps.
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Topics
1. objects
  man-made structures
  buildings
  residential buildings (~2,723)
Language

English
Collector
Patrick Barrett
Gender

Male
Address

Ardagh, Co. Kerry

Informant
Maurice Barrett
Gender

Male
Age

57
Address

Ardagh, Co. Kerry

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