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School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí) Gleann na Madadh

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 474

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    Houses
    Most of the people used live in small houses made of mud but a good number of houses were made of stone. Some people thatched their houses with straw and other with heather they used cut in the bog.
    One for that used be in the houses and that door used be in the kitchen.
    The doors were made of timber.
    There was a hash outside and a bolt inside and there be bogans on the doors for opening
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    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
    Collector
    Oliver Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway