Artefacts in Killimor
Salad Spoon, Fork and a Butter Decorator
Pens with Nibs, Pencil (Lead inserted)
Bible Holder
Inhaler for adults
Inhaler for children
Hat-Pin holder
Jar for loose strands of hair and a Curling Tongs
Thatching Needle
Fork for lifting joints of meat, Thermometer and Case
Various Irons used to iron men’s shirt fronts, frills on blouses etc.
Back: Embroidery Moulds
Front: Devices for use when darning socks and gloves
Noggins or Porringers
Front: Egg-cup made locally from cow’s horn
Basket and Brush for crumbs
Spills Holders
(held thin strips of wood or twisted paper for lighting fires, candles etc.)
Needle-Work Basket
Bell used in Oratory in Ramore House
Clay Pipe
Painting with bog oak frame
(wedding present in 1896)
Oil Painting from entrance hall, Ramore House
Dish for serving roasts (called “The Goose Dish”)
Paper-Weight, (bog oak)
Trinket Holder, (bog oak)
Dressing Table
(cost two guineas in 1877)
Goose Dish
School Slate used by Francis MacDermott, Ramore House
Winnowing Machine used to extract weeds from corn when threshed by horse-powered thresher
Wedgewood Fruit Dishes
(c. 1931)
Honey Jar
Tea Infuser (blue and white)
Pewter Mustard Pot
Amber Stone
Singer Sewing Foot-Machine
Music Timer
Mobile Forge
Fuel on top, bellows underneath
“Cathedral Heater”
showing interior with lamp (100 candle power)
Exterior of “Cathedral Heater”
Carriage Lamps
Bronze Candlestick (Greek God, Pan, standing on base)
2 Bronze Vases (cost 1s. 3d. each in 1896)
Tall Tilly Lamp
Hand Lamp with handle
Sacred Heart Lamp
Brass Table Lamp
(wedding present in 1896)
Table Lamp with pink bowl and crockery base
Candle Holder for use on stormy night
Quern for grinding corn
Writing Bureau
Drawing-room Chair
Carbide Lamp used by postman during dark winter months
Tumbler bearing the inscription “Thomas Conniffe – Post Office – Killimore”
Sample of registered letter, 1932
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