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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

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Richmond, Co. Mayo
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Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 182

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    Long ago the houses were not at all like the houses that are in it now a days. They were built of stone and mortar inside and protected on the outside by sod and clay.
    There was a bed in the kitchen in a place called an outshot. This place was about the length of a bed and going out a little further than the rest of the wall.
    In some of these houses there was only the kitchen, no room and sometimes there were a few beds in the kitchen. The fire place was against the gable wall in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Caden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Caden
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo