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School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)

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Kinturk, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 113

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    Houses long ago 4-7-1938.
    The houses long ago were not built as high as the houses we have at present.They made mud houses long ago and called them "Bailefídíns".before they built their houses they went to ask Biddy Early where would they build the houses.Sometimes ,they asked a priest.
    A house in Shanaway West near Miltown was built in one day.A landlord named Clery evicted peter O Neill out of his house ,and the neighbours gathered and made the house in the other side of the road.There was no room in it but one kitchen.
    The beds that the people had in the kitchens
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    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
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinturk, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Kinturk, Co. Clare