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Our source of drinking water was a hand pump over a well in the middle of the field behind the house, which we called the pump field. The pump was about 400 yards from the house. The task of providing the house with a good supply of drinking water…

This is a picture of Mary Dynan's mother drawing water from the pump. When Mary's mother first married, herself and Mary's father lived in a house in Cloughmills that had no running water. They stayed there while awaiting the building of their new…

This is a postcard that shows the semi-detached houses on the right which replaced Mary Dynan's grandparents house and pub in 1935. Mary Dynan's granny lived in one with her Uncle Patsy. Mary and her family lived in the other. When Mary's mother got…