You can’t but love Ireland’s thatched cottages – quaint, historic, each one its own self-contained story. Thatching, while not nearly as popular as it once was, is still an option for homebuilders, ...

GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

PORTNOO, Ireland — 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 ...

There are just over 200 houses left in the country that can boast of having their bread bin in the roof - strange but true. Inside Out reveals all. John Letts is an archeobotanist with a passion for ...