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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 347

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    place through the house and out the door as much as out the hole in the middle of the roof.
    The walls were very rough and little or no white-wash on them. The floors were made of clay baked up hard with an off stone of brick here and there through it.
    The roofs of the houses were different. There were no slated roofs. The roofs were thatched with straw or rushed or heather and held down with ropes. The ropes were of grass...
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Eleney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meendoran, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Sarah Mc Eleney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Meendoran, Co. Donegal