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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dún Béacáin, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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    About fifty years ago mostly all the houses were thatched. The thatch used was reed or rushes. The houses were only one storey high but only in few places was there a bed in the kitchen. In some places there was a room back of the fireplace in which a bed or two were kept. The fireplace was usually at the gable-wall. Only very rarely was there a bed over the kitchen as there was no window or any means of leaving in air or light.
    In front of the fireplace was a huge wooden block called a "flue" which was very dangerous as it was liable to
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. foirgnimh
          1. an teach cónaithe (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An tSeantulaigh Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs M. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    An tSeantulaigh Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí