Portnoo, Ireland, April 4, 2025 (AFP) - Irish school trains thatchers to save iconic roofs

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2025-04-04

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 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 eaves and work from there," said the 72-year-old, peering upwards as a student l......

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