From henhouse to family home: a thatched cottage in Ireland

Liz is in the serendipitous position of owning six 300-year-old thatched cottages, beside her own home. She inherited the fisher’s cottages and the former henhouse from her parents who, in turn, inherited them from theirs. Her grandfather, a merchant seaman, bought the lot at auction in 1908. “I am the fourth generation to live here, protecting the land and cottages, but really we feel like caretakers in time, just looking after it.”