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School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)

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Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 329

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    thatched. The most of them were thatched with wheaten straw.
    The fire used to be in the centre and gable of the house.
    There were no chimneys on some of the houses long ago but a hole in the roof of the house.
    Most people had no glass in the houses as there was a tax on each pane of glass.
    The fire was made of turf. There used to be half-doors on the houses long ago. The lights they had were candles made from rushes dipped in grease.
    Olive Raftery,
    Cloverhill N.S.
    Roscommon
    Information received from:-
    Mr. George Kelly (age 30)
    Boxford,
    Roscommon
    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
    Olive Raftery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr George Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30
    Address
    Cams, Co. Roscommon