School: Faill Ó Thuiadh (C.) Foilogohig, Baile Deasún

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1. My Home District (continued)

   

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   the thatched houses there was not sufficient accomodation for large families. They generally consisted of three apartments. The lime was got from a limestone quarry which is convenient in a place called Taur. The limestone was converted into lime in the kiln. The sand was obtained from the River Araglen. Some people had thatched houses covered with corrugated iron or sometimes zinc or galvanised.

   For the past eighty years cottages were built by the Government. These cottages consisted of four rooms and were generally kept in repair by the County Board of Health. Apart from these the poorer people built cabins which were made of mud and water mixed together and when this hardened they formed the walls of the houses. Only very few of these are to seen now. There were many of these to be found in this district fifty or sixty years ago but they have now been converted into houses for cattle. In the case of the thatched houses a man around the District had a special profession and he was known as a Thatcher. There are not

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Glenalougha, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Hannah O Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Denis O Connell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Glenalougha, Co. Cork