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School: Gortnasilla (roll number 15133)

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Gortnasillagh East, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Loughlin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 124

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    Thatching is still carreid on in my district. It is done by the local people and in my district nearly all the houses are thatched. The rushes are cut, tied in sheaves and left to dry. The thatch is put on the house in streaks. The streak is about two feet wide and stretched on the side of the roof from the top of the side wall to the top or rigging of the house. Willows are pointed and driven through the thatch in order to keep it from been blown off the house by the wind. The local thatcher in my district is Patrick McMorrow Dromcosla Drumkeerin.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mick Harkin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Treannadullagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Lisgavneen, Co. Leitrim