School: Tyrrellspass (roll number 5916)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 353
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- There are lots of old houses in the distric.
There is an old house in Killevalley and a woman lived in it by the name of Tess Brennan.
The house was built mud or wattles
The roof was made of mud and watttles and tatch with straw.
There was an old bed in the corner of the house. The fire place was in the middle of the gable wall.
There are very few half doors in the district.
It is said that long ago half doors was common in olden days.
Long ago there was no such thing as glass in windows The floor
Long ago all the floors was made of yellow clay and stones and lime.
Long ago when people would be going to thatch their house if they had no thatch they would go to the bog and cut rushes and bring them home and spread them and let them get dryed and then the men would thatch(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Killavally, Co. Westmeath
