Milk, butter and cheese: Apparatus in ruined house of late Kate McConville. Present owner, Michael Hughes, stated that the article was called 'Glakes'. (Similar type known in only a few houses in the area. In Co. Down this type is known as a 'Spring Staff')


Apparatus in ruined house of late Kate McConville. Present owner, Michael Hughes, stated that the article was called 'Glakes'. (Similar type known in only a few houses in the area. In Co. Down this type is known as a 'Spring Staff').

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Old pound and pound-keeper’s house, Adavoyle, Dromintee, South Armagh.


Old pound and pound-keeper’s house, Adavoyle, Dromintee, South Armagh.

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Rope-maker: "Thrah-Hook" (Grass rope twister). Owned by the late Kelly brothers (thatchers) of Adavoyle. Type unusual, not local form


"Thrah-Hook" (Grass rope twister). Owned by the late Kelly brothers (thatchers) of Adavoyle. Type unusual, not local form.

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Old Pound & Pound-keeper's house at Adavoyle, near Meigh village, South Armagh.


Old Pound & Pound-keeper's house at Adavoyle, near Meigh village, South Armagh.

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