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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Cill Iúráin, Co. an Chláir
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 18_032

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    Long ago people had no houses like they have now. They made huts of mud and of timber and they covered their houses with heather. Some of them made houses of stones and covered them with straw. The people had no chimneys it was out the door or out through a hole in top of the house the smoke went. They made the fire in the middle of the house. They
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. foirgnimh
          1. an teach cónaithe (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male