School: Grianán (roll number 13178)
- Location:
- Greenans, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máiréad Bean Uí Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 213
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Gort
1-6-1938 - There were two beds in these houses, one for the husband and wife, which was called the settle. It was beside the fire. At night it was used as a bed but during the day it was used as a seat because there was no chair or other seat in the house.If a man and a woman were going to get married long ago, and if there was no house for them to live in all their neighbours and friend would gather together and build a house in one day. There are the ruins of an old house in Greenan and the old people say that it is the ruins of one of the houses which were built in one day. I got this information from my mother Annie Timlin who lives in Gort.Martin Timlin
1.6.1938
