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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 240

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    The houses which were in this district in former times were small thatched houses made of mud walls. The thatch used was reed an rushes which were got from the land. When the thatching was finished by the thatcher, it used be lovely to look at from the "sceimeal" which took the "braun snuas" from the walls, to the ridging on top of the walls.
    The roofs were made of larch and bogdeal got in the land. They were covered
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Danie Herlihy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry