School: Crosskeys
- Location:
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thomas Greene
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 303
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- (continued from previous page)From east to west in length it ran,
Full twenty yards and two a spar.
Its width in feet was twenty three.
The measure marked on memory.
The height from floor up to the eave,
A six foot man his hand would leave.
The cross-house stood with gable end,
Against the north and Winter wind,
With but a window and a door.
A streamlet crossing in the floor.
Underneath the wall it ran.
There might have been a better plan.
Outside up to the eastern end
Stony steps you might ascend.
And enter on a gallery,
Owned by a decent family.
Old tottering times have told a tale,
And now 'tis waiting for prop or nail.
And frightfully is tumbling o'er
Beneath the weight of Barney Mhór.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Una Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Informant
- John Deane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 96
