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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

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Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 378

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    The roofs of the houses the people had long ago were made of skraws, timber and sedge. They dug the skraws out of the ground and the sedge which is long rough grass was got in a bog.
    When putting on a roof on the house the timber was put on first. After that the sedge and after that the skraw.
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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
    Annie Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway