School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)
- Location:
- Coor West, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Midheach
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)his load as well as possible. The donkey carried as a rule half the weight carried by the horse. It was only strong and well fed horses carried the 50 stone load. Mules were also in use in Ireland in the last century, and were full of strength and endurance, and more suitable for loads than horses.
- The first houses built by the ancient people of Ireland were of the timber kind. The poles were driven into the ground and then crossed so as to form a roof. The first roof was made from the branches of the trees, and then some scraws were placed on these branches; and over all straw or rushes were laid over the scraw. This was called the thatching. For centuries these(continues on next page)
