School: Cluain Fhiadh (C.), Carraig na Siúire (roll number 7772)

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   Old Houses There is one very old house in the district of Clonea. It is built of clay and stones. The clay was got in the ditches and on the bank of the river. The boughs of trees were used under the thatch. The fireplace can still be seen at the gable end of the house. My grandmother lived in it for fifty years. There was no chimney in it. They made a hole in the thatch to let out the smoke. It is now in ruins

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   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. an teach cónaithe (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridget Power

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Cluain Fhia, Co. Phort Láirge

   Informant

   Patrick Power

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cluain Fhia, Co. Phort Láirge

2. Old Houses

   

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   Old Houses
   About 100 years there was an old house on my fathers farm. A man called Davie Keating was the owner of most of the land in this townland. When he died my fathers ancestors bought some of it. The field where the house stood was on the land bought. The house is not to be seen now but there are steps of the stairs on the ditch.

   

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