Teach de Valera

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Detached three-bay single-storey labourer's cottage, built c. 1885. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to north and south elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening having timber battened half-door with recent timber gablet over. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed opening with timber battened door. Limestone cobbles to east. Rubble limestone walls to site having single-leaf cast-iron gate to south.

This small-scale cottage built by Kilmallock Poor Law Union under the Labourers (Ireland) Act of 1883 retains its original form and fabric. It represents an increasingly rare, substantially intact example of this once numerous neo-vernacular type of cottage. The timber battened half door and sash windows contribute significantly to its character. The cottage is of additional interest for its connections with the Éamon de Valera (1888-1975) who was brought to Bruree following the death of his father, Juan Vivion de Valera (1853-85), and raised by his grandmother Elizabeth Coll (1835-95).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21903913

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Recorded change of use: Originally house; recorded by the architectural inventory as heritage centre/interpretative centre

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