Killegar House, Co. Leitrim
Killegar House - home of the late Lord John Kilbracken who died in 2006.
© Leitrim County LibraryKillegar House, Co. Leitrim
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Killegar House, Co. Leitrim
Killegar House - home of the late Lord John Kilbracken who died in 2006.
© Leitrim County LibraryTown houses, or the "big house" where the local landlord lived, were much larger than the houses of the ordinary people.
Such houses could have twenty rooms, including a drawing room, a dining room and a library. They would have been beautifully furnished with papered walls, which you would not have seen in a cottage.
The Barracks, Carrick-on-Shannon
In times past, the local garda sergeant and his family lived in the barracks.
© Leitrim County LibraryThe Barracks, Carrick-on-Shannon
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The Barracks, Carrick-on-Shannon
In times past, the local garda sergeant and his family lived in the barracks.
© Leitrim County LibraryMany business people lived above their premises. A bank might have its business on the ground floor while the bank manager and his family lived upstairs. A garda barracks usually had accommodation for the family of the sergeant.