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1. Composition - Mo Cheantar Féin (continued)

   

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   I live in the townland of Lerhin. It is called Lerhin which means a half a divisions. Long ago it was one large farm. IT was divided among the people. It is in the Barony of Ballymoe. There are about twenty houses in this townland now. My father told me that long ago there were about thirty houses in this townland. When the famine broke out here most of the families died of hunger. Some of them were evicted out of their homes. There lands were divided amongst the other people. Long ago there were all thatched houses. They were not the same as the houses of to-day. They were not divided into rooms. Each house was all one room. the chimney was made of sticks and mortar. They had their beds in the kitchen. They were not beds like the ones of to-day. In the daytime they closed these beds and they used them instead of chairs. They were called settle-beds.
   The commonest name in this district was Madden. There are about

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Lerhin, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Máire Nic an Bháird

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lerhin, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Padraig Mac an Bháird

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lerhin, Co. Galway