School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lios Mhic Gofraidh, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 353
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- All the houses in this locality were thatched long ago. There were two rooms in them, a kitchen and a big bedroom. Sometimes the fireplace was at the gable-end and sometimes at the middle-wall. The houses were thatched with straw and sometimes with rushes. The walls were made from mud and stones.
The houses were all thatched in this district. The thatch was got from straw and rushes. There was nearly always a half-door on every house. The fuel that was burned long ago was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Hugh Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Coill Fhiontain, Co. an Longfoirt
