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School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)

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Loughrea, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0267

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    the houses with rushes or straw.
    The house consisted of a room and kitchen, and almost every thing in the house was made by the people themselves. They made the seats of the chairs with straw, they also made basket chairs with their rods. they made wooden plates and naighíns.
    In the houses they had a press-bed and a table which they kept up against the wall, and they took it down for themselves.
    In each house there was a wide hearth stone, and a seat at each side of the fire and a hob
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Laurence Conwey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Killeenadeema, Co. Galway