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

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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.