School: Bouleenshere (C.) (roll number 12865)
- Location:
- Booleenshare, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mary A. Walsh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 444
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- The houses in this district with very few exseptions were all thatched. There were two kinds of thatched houses scallop t(h)atch and more of them tied down with ropes made of hay or straw and it was called súgán thatch.Most of the houses were built of mud and they were called mud cabins and others were built of stone and mud. The chimneys of houses were very much unlike the chimneys of the present day. There was a breast of timber on the inside shaping to the top and finished with thatch like the rest of the house. In most cases the people of the house slept in the kitchen in what was called a "Settle bed". This was of two fold use, it acted as a bed by night and a sea(t) by day.The floors were of two kinds mud floors and others were paved until flag and cement came into use. Glass was also unknown in this district about a century ago. They used sheep skins instead, and in every house there were(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Ned Flahive
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Glenderry, Co. Kerry
