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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 244

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    Long ago the people used to live in mud houses. These were called "doobe" houses. Some of them were covered with galvanise and more of them were thatched. Every house had a bed in the corner of the kitchen near the fireplace.
    The people used lattice wire or bars of iron bars of iron for windows.
    There were very little chimney's in the houses long ago the people used make a round hole in the roof of the house and put a bucket without a bottom on top of it as a chimney. The fireplace was in the corner of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Ivess
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Ivess
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick