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 ...

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 ...

The Duval County School Board will vote on whether to return the book "Identical" by Ellen Hopkins to high school libraries. The book was pulled for review after critics raised concerns about its ...

In The Irish Times tomorrow, Bernadette Fallon looks back over 40 years of Galway’s Cúirt literary festival and ahead to this year’s event; GP Claire Gleeson talks to Niamh Donnelly about her ...

Portnoo (Ireland) (AFP) – 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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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 ...

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If asked to name an Irish saint, most people will probably cite Patrick or Brigit. Many will have heard the name Colum Cille (aka Columba) but will only have a vague idea of who these characters ...