Meeting Street house Interior The floor of this house is earthen, though they were sometimes flagged. The furniture was very simple with a table and chairs being the ...
A ‘Court’ Poor urban dwellers sometimes lived in rough houses built around a court yard. Belfast had a number of these courts and the name has ...
Jug and Bowl With no running water and no bathrooms, people washed in their bedrooms. Servants heated the water and carried it upstairs to the ...
A Rush Light Rush lights were home-made sources of lighting. Rushes were cut from boggy ground and dipped in animal fat. This allowed the light to ...
Pig in House Animals like cows and pigs often shared their accommodation with their owners.
Creepie Stool These small stools, which were called creepies in Ulster, were made from thick, odd shaped pieces of timber. They were very common in ...
Mountain Cabin This mid 19th century one-room cabin from the Sperrin Mountains is an example of the type of housing frequently seen in remote upland ...
Rush Lights, Candle and Cruise Lamp Rush lights were made by soaking a rush in animal fat. Cruise lamps used oil – often fish oil in coastal areas and they were usually ...
Late 18th Century Beds The frames of these beds were made of bog oak which was dug out of cut-over peat bogs. Bog oak was the only source of timber in many areas.
