Mud Matters Workshop - Hastings Farmhouse
Sat, 16 Nov
|Hastings Farmhouse
Would you like to learn some traditional and sustainable building skills? Now is your chance! Join Dúchas na Sionna on one of two traditional mud and lime building workshops being run at Hastings Farmhouse in Shannon in October & November For more details & booking, contact duchasnasionna@gmail.com
Time & Location
16 Nov 2024, 09:00 – 18:00
Hastings Farmhouse, illaunmanagh, Tullyvarraga, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Hastings Farmhouse is located between Shannon Crematorium and Illaunamanagh Cemetery and parking for the event is in the car park at the entrance to the access road to the cemetery.
From excavation and selection to finishing there will be an opportunity to experience the traditional lost art of a technique which is not only simple, involving family and community participation, but is also essentially free of charge and has no environmental impact. This will be of interest to conservation professionals, building owners, administrators, homeowners and those proposing self-build environmental building projects. This course will so be interesting to those who know nothing about mud and lime and who would like to embark on an adventure of discovery.
COURSE TUTORS
Eoin Madigan is a 6th generation mason and specialist in mud construction, Director of Madigan Historic Masonry, Eoin will introduce course participants to the selection, composition and building techniques of mud.…