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School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)

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Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Héimhthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 271

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    from above the arch, was made of wattles plasterboard with yellow clay inside and outside. My father saw one house that had no chimney. It was a picture of extreme poverty. In this house there was a family reared.
    The old floors were made of yellow clay. This is sub - soil which is got in the midlands.
    Máire Ní Éimhthigh
    Rang a h-ocht
    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
    Máire Ní Éimhthigh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    M. Heavey
    Age
    55
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon