School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr M. Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 328

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  1. In Ballingarry there are many old fashioned houses. In a great many cases the walls were built of mud and covered with thatch. The very poor thatched with rushes and sedge. Materials of other kinds were too dear. Reed was not available for them in quantities sufficient for the poor or at a suitable price. The chimney was also made of mud. The doors were roughly constructed. The windows were in a great many cases too small to admit either light or ventilation. The fire was nearly always placed in the gable - end of the house. They usualy had only one apartment, portion of which was
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Bohan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Caherhenesy, Co. Limerick