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School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)

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Béal na Blá, Co. Chorcaí
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Seán Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 336

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    tatch for an imitation chimney.
    The windows were one pane of glass fixed in the wall when the cement was soft. The lights were were bull rushes splenter or bog dale or stradoges that ment calico dipped in grease. The floor was the mud dried and hardened.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardráth, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Jack Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ardráth, Co. Chorcaí