School: Poll Réamoinn (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Pollremon, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Mhic Diarmada
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- (continued from previous page)door going into the kitchen one at back and front.
In most of these houses there were 'hags' which were used as bedrooms. This was a part of the kitchen wider than the main building. Some hags are still in this district. The lights used were got from bog- deal when burning in the fire and from rushes. The rushes were peeled and dipped in butter which made the rush light longer. Later on lamps were got. They also had half-doors which were made of timber. some of these are still in existence. There were no brooms either and instead they used the bod health. They burned turf in these houses which they got in the bogs.
Old Houses
“There is a mud house in Madabain which is in the Farm district.”
There is a mud house in Madabain which is in the Farm district. This house was built of "Doab". It is now a vacant house with nobody living in it. Also the fire was in the middle of the house with a hole in the roof. - Informant
- Mrs Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Pollremon, Co. Galway
- In Cloomahara there are three(continues on next page)
