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.

Thatching with oat straw on a calm day. It will be wired over and held in place with a metal bar.

A typical thatched cottage in the Dingle Peninsula.

A roof of sedge with the ridge formed by butting scrolls and pegging them down.

A roof held down with ropes weighted with stones and metal bars. The thatch around the small chimney is interesting.

A roof thatched with rye straw roped and weighted with iron bars in Donegal.

A cottage thatched with rye straw on Inishmore.

Thatched cottage on the west coast of Ireland.

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