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School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

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Clontuskert, Co. Galway
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(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 05_024

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    roof of the house. Some of the houses had no windows and more windows made of wood and a little space between the boards to show them light.
    The floor were made from clay. The halfdoors are not common now because they are too old but they were common long ago. It was nearly always timber that was used long ago and sometimes a little turf.
    The people had no candles long ago only what they made themselves such as rushlights, bogdeal splinters.
    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 Quinn
    Gender
    Female