School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- Nearly all the houses in this district long ago were thatched & when the thatch grew old & was wearing away, it was covered with corrugated iron. Some of the old houses had one bed in the kitchen. It was generally beside the fire.
Half-doors are not common at present, but they were.
Turf & wood were used for the fire, while candles were used for giving light. - Thatched houses were common. There was a bed in the kitchen near the fire. The fire-place was always in the corner. The floor was made of clas as were also the chimneys.
- It was mostly mud-walled(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Forde
- Gender
- Male