Read by Deirdre Lewis.
In medieval Ireland, the hearth was at the centre of the house, but what kinds of households feature in Irish literature of the period?
Spreading the Words is a series on the histories of Irish words from literature and everyday life written by Sharon Arbuthnot and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and produced in association with the book A History of Ireland in 100 Words and the electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language.
