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Irish school trains thatchers to save iconic roofs

  • Donegal Thatching School opened in October in Portnoo to train new thatchers.
  • The school aims to preserve Ireland's iconic thatched roofs due to a decline.
  • Free weekend courses teach different thatching methods to about 20 beginners.
  • Conal Shovlin said that most rural people lived in thatched houses years ago.
  • A shortage of skilled workers and materials hinders efforts to maintain these roofs.
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Irish school trains thatchers to save iconic roofs

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.

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Floyd Chronicle & Times broke the news in Prestonsburg, United States on Friday, April 4, 2025.
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