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

Q: When we bought our house, the sellers said there were no roof problems. We hired a home inspector, and his report stated that the roof had been inspected from the ground, by means of binoculars, ...

And "rain runs off a thatched roof like off a duck's back," he added with a smile. Breathing life into an endangered craft "is like nurturing a small plant," said Shovlin, who would like to see ...

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