Mark Cloherty of Mweenish, Connemara - a sixth generation of boatbuilders working on his boat.

The frame of a curragh being built on Inisheer, Aran Islands.

Carrying a curragh in the Aran Islands.

Transporting a curragh at Inisheer in the Aran Islands.

Moving a curragh at Inisheer.

A small curragh at Bunbeg.

Building a curragh at Bunbeg.

The arrangements of scollops holding down a roof covered with reed.

Demonstrating how to make the ridge of a sedge roofed house.

This shows the method of laying a roof of reed. It is pegged down and not beaten up so that it is not very tight. The top will be butted.