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School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

Location:
Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 322

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    In former times the houses in this locality were thatched with either straw or rushes. The straw was procured from the g grown locally. Sometimes when wheat was grown locally the wheaten straw was used for the thatch. This thatch lasted year's longer than any other straw or rushes.
    All the old house's had one bedroom, and some houses had no bedroom except for a tiny shed which was built at the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eilís de Búrca
    Other names
    Eilís de Búrca
    Lizzie Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monasterowen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pádhraic de Búrca
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 72
    Address
    Monasterowen, Co. Galway