School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 16_013

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  1. Long ago the people were very poor and the landlords owned the land themselves and would only leave them in it as long as they wished. So the people had no encouragement to built houses or improve land. In many cases they used to build their houses with stones and mud and fix the chimneys on one corner of it. In country places it was very rare to see good house fifty or
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Nash
    Gender
    Male