School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)
- Location:
- Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 071
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- The ancient Irish people had different kind of houses to the houses nowadays. Some of those houses were round, and the tracks of them are still to be seen. The houses were small. Some of them, were made of stone, but the majority - especially the larger ones were made of wood.
The builders of these houses drove strong poles down in the ground, near one - another. They plastered the walls were with clay, and white - washed them on the outside. The roof was sometimes made of stone, or thatch, and was shaped like a cup. The size of the house varied from a bee - hive to a kings dwelling house. The size of the house also depended on the rank and wealth of the owner. Some of the houses were oblong in shape. they were not as comfortable as the houses nowadays. They were only(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- J. Glynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
