School: Cill Mhuire, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 13942)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conaill
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- (continued from previous page)clocks and they used leave for Kilrush at cock-crow which was about three o'clock in the morning.
- There used be houses made of mud long ago. There used be a small hole made in the top of it for a chimney. The houses used be roofed with long sticks and rushes. There used be only one door, one window and one chimney in the house and the people used be blinded with smoke. The people used build the houses by themselves and the little houses used be like cabins. They used have no chairs long ago. They used look for bog deal in the bogs and the used make square blocks of it and put them in the corner. Very few people had light they used have bottles and an empty spool to put the wick in to give them light.
- Collector
- Maura Brody
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael O' Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Craggaun, Co. Clare