School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- The houses of long ago were plain thatched houses consisting of three compartments i.e. a kitchen and two bed-rooms. The kitchen was in the middle and the two rooms each side of it. The floors were flagged and the fire-place made level with the hearth.
On either side of the fire were two stone seats called "hobs". Over one of these hobs was a hole in the wall. It was there the old man used to put(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Ruane
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- William Ruane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
