School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 02_040

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 02_040

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  1. The old people had mud-wall houses. There are 15 houses in my village 14 are slated and one Galvanize. The floors of the old houses were made of clay. The windows were very small and cant be raised upor down. They used to have the bed in the kitchen near the fire called a Settle Bed.
    There is an old house in Killaderra in the middle of the bog but the roof of it is gone and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Muriel Donohoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon