Cradle - Cliabhánv

Baby's bed designed to be rocked.

Box-shaped wooden bed with semi-circular shaped blocks of wood underneath at each end to enable it to be rocked from side to side. Measuring 37" in length, 18.25" in width at top and height 17.5"

Made in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, circa 1930. Displayed in the kitchen of the reconstructed thatched cottage.

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