The historic vernacular architecture of Ireland has not been as intensively studied as more standardized architectural forms; however, this form is important to understanding daily rural life in the period following the Great Famine. Archaeological investigations carried out over five weeks at a late 19th/early 20th century cabin in Lackaghane, Co. Cork, Ireland as part of a larger project on the archaeology of the Irish diaspora and modern Ireland revealed architectural features that begin to create a picture of what rural Irish life was like at the time. The architecture of the building was recorded and observed through a combination of archaeological and historic preservation methods including measured drawings, photogrammetry, general observation, excavation, and artifact analysis. These methods, in addition to the spatial distribution of artifacts were used to determine how the Collins family used the space within the house and how the building fits into the broader study of Irish vernacular buildings.