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

The number of thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland is dwindling but new classes are training up the next generation of ...

A thatched cottage was completely destroyed in a fire which ripped through the roof in eight minutes just weeks before it was due to be tiled over. The blaze took over Bob and Paula Hessian's home ...

Traditional Thatcher Ivor Kilpatrick from the Donegal Thatching school, works on the roof of a thatched cottage in Bunbeg ... an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a hall in Portnoo students at ...

"There's a new appreciation for this iconic part of Irish culture, most rural people lived in thatched houses ... old told AFP sprucing up the roof on a holiday cottage beside the Atlantic Ocean.