School: Carraig an Chabhaltaigh
- Location:
- Carrigaholt, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Craith
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- (continued from previous page)than it is at present, consisting of small thatched houses, sometimes you'd think they were thatched with fish as the fishermen sometimes put fish on the thatch to dry so as to preserve them. There was no slated houses in the village then. The houses in the western parish were also small, small windows a little larger than a plate. The Landlord made presents of large windows to his friends. The big windows were spotted and big windows and souperism became synonomous. Dipped rushes were used to give light at night and a candlestick used be made at the forge to hold the dip.Cross church was built in 1809, Dunaha 1811 and Carrigaholt in 1832 by Father Malachy Duggan. There was no church in Kilbaha when Father Meehan came to the parish. He said Mass in where the Griffins now live and in Kennas at the shore. About 1851 Father Meehan bought two houses, that were joined together situated where the remains of the protestant church now stands, knocked the partitions and converted them into a chapel with a wooden Altar. Two brothers named Garvey, who were tailors sold the houses and went with their families to America. Although the chapel was not large it answered the purpose well enough. Marcus Keane(continues on next page)
