Each year SPAB Ireland puts its advice and expertise into practice at the
annual summer working party, by carrying out work to a specific building. It
gives us an opportunity to demonstrate our approach to the conservation and
care of old buildings. An increasingly popular event, it offers the chance for
volunteers, ranging from informed amateurs interested in buildings and history
to heritage and architectural professionals, to work alongside some of the
country’s best craftspeople.

Our working parties are a chance for participants to combine well-proven SPAB
principles with practical repair techniques. The SPAB Ireland working party is
a way to bring a diverse range of people together to share knowledge and to
boost the skills which are required when working with historic vernacular
buildings such as this.

This year, a SPAB Ireland Working Party will take place at Macreary, Co.
Tipperary. The group of structures consist of a historic farmhouse and series
of associated outbuildings and boundary walls, on a small farm holding in
south-east Tipperary, which most likely has its origins in the late 18th
century. It is not a Protected Structure but it is of particular vernacular
interest. The holding has stood vacant for a significant period of time and
now under new ownership it is in need of significant intervention to prevent
further deterioration and loss of the remaining structures.

Address
Macreary, Co. Tipperary