School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)
- Location:
- Macha na Cléibhe, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Macháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0283, Page 460
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- All the house in the district were thatched roofed about 100 years ago. Sedge (Reed) which grew in marshy places was used for thatch. It is said that the Bed was placed in Kitchen near the fire.
Nothing Known in district re- "Centre Fire"There was but one door in South or Sunnyside of house. The Bolt was made by the "Muinntear an tighe Féin".
There were usually two tiny windows and in a great many cases there were no windows.A Kind of Screen (made from closely perforated zinc) was used before glass for the windows.Floors were all made of grey clay - but some few houses in the district were Flagged with large FlagsThere are still Flagged floors used by the people of the district.
In one case there is still a grey clé floor used.
There was also a half door in each house - the idea being to let in light (no windows or very badly lighted with screen)(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Micheal O Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- An Cuasán, Co. Chorcaí
