Thatched cottage

Watch: The art of thatch - Ireland's disappearing heritage industry

Rural Life

over 1 year ago

Watch: The art of thatch - Ireland's disappearing heritage industry

Master Thatcher, John Brereton, has been thatching since the age of 14 and has claimed that the thatch industry faces an existential threat

€9m to restore heritage buildings in communities across the country

Rural Life

about 2 years ago

€9m to restore heritage buildings in communities across the country

Minister Malcolm Noonan has today launched the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) for 2024.

Call for action to preserve thatched cottages

Rural Life

over 2 years ago

Call for action to preserve thatched cottages

The owners of thatched cottages need to be better supported with new improved grant aid and...

Thatched cottage restoration was family's lockdown project

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

Thatched cottage restoration was family's lockdown project

For one family, lockdown passed in a whirl as they tackled the refurbishment of an old thatched cottage. Lisa and Owen McWilliams..