This is the typical dwelling of an Irish family farm. Dairy farming and drystock raising are the staples of life here,with much meadowing but only small crops of potatoes and oats, mangels and turnips. About ten acres of arable land was balanced by some eighty acres of rough pasture and bog, and supported six cows, with calves, pigs and fowl. Turf, cut in the bog and sold in the town, brought a small but secure income!