School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- The houses of long ago were not so roomy as they are at present. There were only two rooms in most of these houses, a kitchen and a bedroom. Often the cattle were tied at the end of the kitchen. There were little outlets called a calleac (?) built out of the side of the house. Usually the old couple of the house slept in the calleac. The houses long ago were usually built at the foot of a hill, with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortbaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Anthony Kirby
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortbaun, Co. Mayo
