School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)houses that were in the district formerly. They were built with yellow clay & big stones & had very small windows with one pane of glass which could not be opened or shut.
The roofs were thatched with rushes & straw & little switches which were called scollops.
The bed was in the kitchen.
An old would that lived at the side of Delaney's Mill used to have a fire in the middle of the floor. A hole in the roof let the smoke out. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Patrick Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Flat-roofed round houses made of clay were used long ago. A strong iron bar, from one side to another, kept the house together.