PORTNOO, Ireland - A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatc ...

Traditional Thatcher Ivor Kilpatrick from the Donegal Thatching school, works on the roof of a thatched cottage in Bunbeg, north western Ireland, on March 9 (AFP photo) PORTNOO, Ireland — A new school ...

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

Portnoo (Ireland) (AFP) – 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.

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 ...

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 ...

In a hall in Portnoo students at the Donegal Thatching School clamber over practice roofs under the watchful eye of Brian Lafferty, one of Ireland's last master thatchers. "That's it, start at the ...

A new school in Co Donegal is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save Ireland's disappearing thatched roofs. In a hall in Portnoo, students at the Donegal Thatching School ...