School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid (2)

Location:
Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Sarah Blennerhassett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 069

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  1. There was a very old house in the locality "Thomas Mac Inenry owned it. It contained one room and a kitchen. The floor of both apartments were of mud. There was only one small window in each. There was a small open fire-place in the kitchen gable, in which turf and wood were burnt.
    The roof was thatched and lined with scraws. It was very hard to keep these old houses clean as there was always dust falling off the scraws.
    The furniture in this old house was very scanty, a table, dresser, and couple chairs in the kitchen, and a bed or two in the room. Like the majority of other old houses it was built on low ground.
    None of this old house is standing today except the flag that served as the doorstep.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Doreen Blennerhassett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortatlea, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Blennerhassett
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortatlea, Co. Kerry