School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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   and a kitchen and the walls two to three feet thick. They were built of chopped up hay mixed with mud which helped to keep the stones together. Each apartment had one small window measuring about one foot square on the outside and sloping in measuring about three feet inside. Sometimes they had glass and more times not. The door frame and door were very roughly made and were sawn across the centre so as the top part could be open leaving the lower part shut. The fire was generally in the corner of the kitchen. An open heath with the fire on the floor. It contained

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Scanlon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Adare, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   James Collins

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80