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Description:: Thatched Irish cottages were simple affairs, and while the basic design was the same throughout the country, there were differences on a regional basis. One major regional difference would have been the use of mud walls, rather than stone, in some areas. Strange as it seems, when the mud walls were dried and given several coats of whitewash, and when the thatched roof was allowed to overhang the walls, they remained dry and lasted for many decades.

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For over 9.000 years, thatch has been used as a roofing material in Ireland. Nowadays, the difficulty of finding people to do the thatching, the further difficulty of acquiring insurance for thatched cottages, the need for continual maintenance of this roofing material, and the availability of cheaper more durable roofing have all mitigated against the preservation of this important part of our heritage.

Where stone was available for cottage building it was used. Stone was either collected by horse and cart on the sandstone mountains or quarried from the limestone quarries that existed all over the country. The limestone quarries served many purposes. Limestone could be burned to produce lime for the fields and lime with which to make mortar for building. It could also be broken into small pieces for road making, roughly shaped for building walls and cheaper houses, and finely cut and dressed for building more substantial houses. Public buildings were usually of 'ashlar' construction, i.e., cut and dressed stone.
A census taken in 1841, showed that 40% of the population of Ireland were living in one roomed mud-walled cabins. Many of those 3,500,000 people may not have shared our romantic ideas of comfortable warm Irish cottages. For many, the conditions must have been cold, damp and insecure. That insecurity came from the inability to own their own homes and the threat of eviction that hung over many a thatched Irish cottage. Sometimes that threat came from a landlord but very often the threat came from the larger farmers on whose property the cottage dwellers or cottiers lived. Rent was usually paid by labour on the farm and when times were bad and there was no work in the fields, they had to rely on the benevolence of the famers. Along with the Irish cottages went an acre of ground and it was possible to keep a cow on the acre and grow enough potatoes to feed the family for an entire year.

Instructions for Posting a Thatch Cottages Waymark:

Thatch cottages posted in this category must be covered in either Straw or Reeds.
Ruined cottages will be accepted provided that at least a small portion of the roof can still be seen.
We welcome entries from all over the world.

To add a waymark to this category you must provide at least one photo of the cottage as well as precise coordinates of the location of the cottage.
Cottage's which are within .5 of a mile of an excisting cottage waymark will not be accepted,this is to prevent multiple enters on the same roadway.

Please also add a full address of the cottage.

Please also add as much detail as possible about the various cottages.

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To claim a find, you must submit a photo of the cottage, taken from a different angle to the one shown on the page. The photo should show at least one of the walls of the cottage in full, and preferably it should show some of the surrounding landscape or buildings. If possible, you should also be in the photograph.

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view gallery	Smedekøllen,Støvringgård - Denmark in Thatch Cottages Lille nyrestaureret bindingsværkshus med stråtag, kaldet Smedekøllen. Litte newly restored half-timbered cotttage with thatched roof posted by: kallehaugerne location: Denmark date approved: 4/29/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	The Lone Shieling - Cape Bretons Highlands National Park in Thatch Cottages This Thatch Cottage was built in the design of the Lone Shieling on the Island of Skye Scotland. It is located in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. posted by: onfire4jesus location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 2/12/2013 last visited: 8/8/2009
view gallery	Thatched Cottage - Western Development Museum - North Battleford, SK in Thatch Cottages There are four Western Development Museums in Saskatchewan, each with a different theme. The theme of the North Battleford WDM is that of a Heritage Farm & Village. posted by: BK-Hunters location: Saskatchewan, Canada date approved: 2/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	The Horse and Jockey, Hope Street, Wrexham, Wales, UK in Thatch Cottages thatched roof ontop of the cottage and public house of the Horse and Jockey, on the main street in Wrexham town centre, an odd place for such a building. posted by: N!TR0 location: North Wales, United Kingdom date approved: 1/8/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Thatch Cottage, Prerov nad Labem, Czech Republic in Thatch Cottages Thatch Cottage at Open-air museum posted by: ToRo61 location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic date approved: 1/1/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Neolithic cottage of Çatalhöyük - Çumra, Turkey in Thatch Cottages Neolithic cottage of Çatalhöyük near city Çumra posted by: puczmeloun location: Turkey date approved: 11/22/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Cottage at Skovmose - Als, Denmark in Thatch Cottages Modern thatched cottage near the beach on the island of Als. / Modernes Reetdachhaus am Strand auf der Insel Als. posted by: DieCacherGirls location: Denmark date approved: 11/22/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Main Street Thatched Cottages - Adare, Ireland in Thatch Cottages Early nineteenth century thatched cottages on Main Street in Adare, Ireland. posted by: denben location: Munster, Ireland date approved: 10/19/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Walt Disney's Enchanted TIKI Room - Disneyland, Ca in Thatch Cottages Located at the enterance to Adventureland in Disneyland. posted by: Lord Mot location: California date approved: 8/3/2012 last visited: 10/15/2012
view gallery	The Mad Hatter - Disneyland, Ca in Thatch Cottages Located between the Carousel and the Mad Tea Party teacups. posted by: Lord Mot location: California date approved: 8/3/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Toronto Zoo Thatched Cottage - Toronto, Ontario in Thatch Cottages This cottage is located in Toronto Zoo's Kesho Park. posted by: Metro2 location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 7/21/2012 last visited: 6/9/2012
view gallery	Cromwell Cottage, Naseby, Northamptonshire in Thatch Cottages Cromwell Cottage is a fine example of once several thatched houses in Naseby. Listed building for the cob walls. Now rendered and painted white. posted by: flipflopnick location: East Midlands, United Kingdom date approved: 7/21/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Rose Cottage - Swavesey, England in Thatch Cottages Rose Cottage is a late 18th century or early 19th century thatch cottage in the village of Swavesey. It is a Grade II English Heritage Building. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Eastern England, United Kingdom date approved: 6/30/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Swavesey Post Office - Swavesey, England in Thatch Cottages Swavesey Post Office is located in an 18th century thatch cottage in the village of Swavesey. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Eastern England, United Kingdom date approved: 6/30/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	The Forge - Ballintubber, Ireland in Thatch Cottages The Forge thatch cottage is located in the village of Ballintubber in County Mayo, Ireland. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Connacht, Ireland date approved: 6/30/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Church Steps Thatch Cottage - Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK in Thatch Cottages This thatch cottage is actually a pair of cottages named "Church Steps." It is a Grade II English Heritage Building. posted by: Marine Biologist location: South West England, United Kingdom date approved: 6/17/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Southdown Cottage - Easole Street, Nonington, Kent, CT15 4HA. in Thatch Cottages Southdown Cottage is a 13th century, Grade II listed thatched building in Easole Street, Nonington, Kent, CT15 4HA. posted by: MeerRescue location: United Kingdom date approved: 5/25/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Gooseberry Hall Farmhouse - Nonington Kent UK in Thatch Cottages A thatched farmhouse off Cherry Garden Lane - Nonington Kent UK posted by: MeerRescue location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 3/13/2012 last visited: never
view gallery	Llanddarog - Thatched inn - Carmarthenshire, Wales. in Thatch Cottages This building is now known as the White Hart Inn and Brewery. It was first built in 1371AD as a row of cottages to house the stone masons who built the 14th century church next door. posted by: Lord Abercrombie location: South Wales, United Kingdom date approved: 3/13/2012 last visited: 2/23/2013
view gallery	Abernodwydd Farmhouse, National History Museum, Wales. in Thatch Cottages Abernodwydd Farmhouse, Llanadfan, was originally built in 1678 the stone fire place & chimney were added in 1708. The whole building was relocated to St Fagans in 1951 & completed in 1955, and open to the public to this day. posted by: Lord Abercrombie location: South Wales, United Kingdom date approved: 3/1/2012 last visited: 7/28/2012
view gallery	Thatch Cottage, Hartlip. Kent UK in Thatch Cottages Thatch Cottage, in the centre of Hartlip, Kent posted by: dave-harris location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 11/19/2011 last visited: 5/5/2012
view gallery	Dungory West Thatched Cottage - Ireland in Thatch Cottages A thatched Cottage very near from Dunguaire Castle posted by: tmob location: Connacht, Ireland date approved: 7/30/2011 last visited: 7/29/2012
view gallery	Cottage at Hartwell - Northamptonshire in Thatch Cottages A lovely old thatched cottage c 1700's in Park Road, Hartwell posted by: Norfolk12 location: East Midlands, United Kingdom date approved: 7/6/2011 last visited: never
view gallery	Thatched Cottage - Barton Le Clay Bed's in Thatch Cottages This immaculate Thatched cottage is in Church Street At Barton Le Clay in Bedfordshire posted by: Norfolk12 location: East Midlands, United Kingdom date approved: 6/15/2011 last visited: never
view gallery	Hargrave Northant's Thatched Cottage in Thatch Cottages A Small thatched cottage opposite the church in Hargrave in rural Northamptonshire. posted by: Norfolk12 location: East Midlands, United Kingdom date approved: 6/13/2011 last visited: never

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