In 1990 when my own house was being thatched, I decided to photograph the other thatched buildings in the Maree area.  I then photographed them again in 2015 - 25 years later.  Most are still thatched and a few sadly are not.  I have also included a few I didn't photograph in 1990 and there are also some which have been built or added to in the meantime.  The sequence they are presented in starts at McDonaghs pub in Oranmore and after looping around the Maree peninsula, ends up at Paddy Burkes pub in Clarenbridge.

1990 

2015 


Oranmore


Bog Road, Oranmore


Oranmore


Maree Road


Rinville


Rinville East


Middle Third


Kilcaimin


Middle Third

Thanks to Brendan Lawlor for the photo.  Can't find the one I took in 1990.


Middle Third


Middle Third


Gurrane Lower


Gurrane Lower


Gurrane Lower (addition built since 1990)

 


Gurrane Lower (addition built since 1990)

 


Prospect


Mweeloon


Tawin 


Tawin (addition built since 1990) 

 


Mweeloon


Mweeloon


Mweeloon


Mweeloon


Ballynacloughy (built since 1990)

 


Ballynacloughy


Ballynacloughy


Aphouleen


Aphouleen


Aphouleen


Aphouleen


Ballinacourty


Ballinacourty 


Ballinacourty


Ballinacourty 


Ballinacourty


Ballinacourty Hill


Ballinacourty Hill (addition built since 1990)

 


Ballinacourty Hill


Luggaun 


Blackweir 


Blackweir


Knockawuddy 


Ballinamana West


Cave


Cave 


Cave 


Cave (built since 1990)

 


Cave


Cave


Cave 


Cave


Cave


Cave


Cave


Ballinamana East


Ballinamana East 


Clarenbridge (not photographed 1990)

 


Clarenbridge (not photographed 1990)

 


Clarenbridge (not photographed 1990)