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Traditional Irish Byre (Barn) - Sligo, Ireland

A thatched, dry-stone building built following traditional ways .

Thatching

Scraws (strips of sod) are cut

They are placed on the roof

The roof is thatched with maran grass and rye pegged into the sod using sallies (willow sticks)