The Laurels Cottage, Glenties

The severely dilapidated cottage in Glenties, the original home of the five Mundy sisters where Brien Friel played as a child and based his play 'Dancing at Lughnasa.

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No Irish cotage was complete without the souvenir plate of President Kennedy and his wife Jackie photographed here in the dilapidated Laurels cottage in Glenties, the origional home of the five Mundy sisters where Brien Friel played as a child and based his play 'Dancing at Lughnasa. Locals are starting a fundraising campaign to restore the cottage. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times

The trunk of Fr.Jack Mundy who returned from the missions in Africa photographed ballancing on rotten floor boards in the attic room in the severely dilapidated Laurels cottage in Glenties, the origional home of the five Mundy sisters where Brien Friel played as a child and based his play 'Dancing at Lughnasa. Locals are starting a fundraising campaign to restore the cottage. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times

A light on the wall traditionally used to illuminate the Sacred Heart of Jeasus picture photographed against the rotting walls in the dilapidated Laurels cottage in Glenties, the origional home of the five Mundy sisters where Brien Friel played as a child and based his play 'Dancing at Lughnasa.Locals are starting a fundraising campaign to restore the cottage. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times

Sun Jan 17 2016 - 19:48

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