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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 204

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    Old Houses.
    There are a lot of houses around this district. There is an old house in Ringmoylan. It is called the Blue School, because the Protestants were living there and they were rearing up hens.
    It is thatched and the chimney is built with sods and it is built on the end wall. There are two doors, one big one and a half door. The four walls were built with mud and stones and there was a press bed in the kitchen and you could open it and close it when ever you
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clorane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Clorane, Co. Limerick