School: Cloonagh Boys' National School
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0171
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- The majority of the houses nowadays are all slated with strong concrete wall's.
In ancient times the material's used for building now was unknown.
The houses long ago were built in a hollow beside a bog. The walls were built of scraws to a height of four feet and the gable a little higher.
It was roofed with bogdeal and tough scraws, with kebe over all.
There was a bed in every kitchen fitted in, in a place called the "out-shot".
There was no chimney the fire was up against the gable, and a small hole in the roof as an escape for the smoke.
It was very - seldom the smoke used to go up the chimney at all but through the house and out the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cully, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Cahill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cully, Co. Sligo
