School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)

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1. Houses in this District Long Ago

   

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   The houses in this district with very few exceptions were all thatched. There were two kinds of thatched houses scallop thatch and more of them tied down with ropes made of hay or straw and it was called súgán thatch. Most of the houses were built of mud and they were called mud cabins and others were built of stone and mud. The chimneys of houses were very much unlike the chimneys of the present time. There was a breast of timber on the inside

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Flahive

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glenderry, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Edmond Flahive

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Glenderry, Co. Kerry