School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
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- (continued from previous page)Floors were made of clay. Half doors are common in the district. Turf was used in this district since the time of memorial. The methods applied for to give light were rush and resin candles. Rush candles were made in every household.
- The name of the townland is Lismeen, in the parish of Lurgan and the barony of Castlerahan. There are nine families in the townland and about thirty people. The most common name in Lismeen is(continues on next page)