School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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- The majority of the old houses around here was small and roofed with thatch. Certain people had thatching as a trade and often a prize was offered for the method of thatching and for the speediest thatcher
The thatch consisted chiefly of straw and bull-rushes. Special straw was necessary and the rushes were cut in bogs and allowed to dry for a week or two. Rods called "spars" were cut from the tree called "saileac" and they were used to firm the thatch. Slate-roofed houses were very rare and few houses were covered with iron and felt(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tessie Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork