A little bit of history

[bigdr]

Took a ride to my Dads this morning , about 75 miles away in Co Wexford . All leathered up and rearing to go , the first good spin since new , has about 750 mls on it . A great ride down in sunshine and gave it a bit of welly , cruisin at 130 , what a buzz .On the way back , about 15mins from home and...you guessed.. it belted rain .Anyway here are some pics of his 'house' with its new 'roof'..
It was built in 1640.



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[bigdr]

One from the back ..the walls are 4ft thick and made from marle..

 

[bigdr]

Finally one of the sprightly young feller of 81 ... You thought it was me .. didn't you

 

[Krieg]

Cool photos Bigdr.

They don't build houses like that in the US. Your pop looks like he may be eyeing your busa too.

Does it ever not rain in Ireland?

 

[mjn]

Dang, that looks like a king size fire hazard!!

 

[fstAZfk]

looks like it would be COLD in the winter.???

Nice pics though

 

[bigdr]

Cool photos Bigdr.

They don't build houses like that in the US. Your pop looks like he may be eyeing your busa too.

Does it ever not rain in Ireland?

You know the story , it always rains here .. Only difference between summer and winter is in summer the rain is warmer

 

[bigdr]

Dang, that looks like a king size fire hazard!!

The straw is only on the out side , inside is like a 'normal' house..

 

[bigdr]

looks like it would be COLD in the winter.???

Nice pics though

Funny enough the temp never changes by more than a few degrees ,the walls are over 4ft thick . Its always just 'cool' inside

 

[GSXRFANN]

I guess there is no air conditioning need huh?? Looks neat. Probably low maintenance too!!

 

[MrGxr]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[Relsek]

Here's a photo taken in Uruguay where we were building last year.

Kev

 

[JTCobra]

Amazing! thanks for the pics.....

 

[Relsek]

The inside.

 

[bigdr]

Thats a really cool couple of pics , kinda like my Dads .... Except a little bit newer... 360 years or there abouts

Still love to see thatch .. Thanks Kev

 

[shenoyp]

nice pictures ...

 

[VaBusa]

Wow...don't think I've ever seen a house that old...very cool!

 

[Jace]

its a CHIA-HOUSE !!! to go with the CHIA-PET

 

[paulos]

nice place

 

[adrenaline junkey]

thanks for the pics. Its always so interesting how they were built in difrent places