School: Uragh (B.)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 287
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- In olden times the houses of the district were usually thatched, and a lot of these still exist especially in the mountains: and the people have no idea of exchanging them for slate roofs. The thatch was procure from the corn-fields. Half doors were common in those days and there are a lot of these
half-doors are still existence, even in slated houses. As a fuel, wood and turf was used:
Candles and rushlights were used at night.
Most of these old houses had hard clay floors.
Those old houses were mainly cottages, and were usually long and narrow.
- Informant
- Mr Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Uragh, Co. Cavan
