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Additionally, a Thatching Grant provides support for necessary works to renew or repair thatched roofs of owner-occupied houses, offering a grant of up to €3,810.

Roof thatchers in the South West have said they have a backlog of at least two years' work, partly due to a shortage of people wanting to work in the trade. They say the short-supply of straw and ...

Conservation joiner and thatcher David McFerran is pictured using a leggett on a straw thatched training roof at the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra where the Future for Thatch heritage project was ...

Today, thatched roofs can be found on quaint cottages, grand country manors and even traditional Japanese homes. Read on to feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful straw-topped houses in the ...

PORTNOO, Ireland - A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape.

At the Donegal Thatching School, master thatchers teach their skills to help preserve Ireland’s long tradition of thatched-roofed cottages.

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country’s disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a hall in Portnoo ...