{"id":7199,"date":"2016-08-25T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T10:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=7199"},"modified":"2016-08-25T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T10:21:52","slug":"3-room-traditional-irish-cottagewhat-new-book-marion_mcgarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/3-room-traditional-irish-cottagewhat-new-book-marion_mcgarry\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3-room traditional Irish Cottage:What do do with it & new book from @marion_mcgarry"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the faithful reader will know we have a gr\u00e1 for the three-roomed, traditional Irish Cottage. We have done numerous restorations, refurbishments and extensions to this ubiquitious, traditional architectural form across Ireland. It was of great interest therefore that I read of the forthcoming book on Marion McGarry on this very topic which should be out in October through Orpen Press.<\/p>\n
But first, what is the traditional 3 room Irish cottage? Here’s a rough sketch of the typical form in our area (across Connacht):<\/p>\n
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Essentially the cottage has a central space which includes an ‘outshot’ typically slept in by Granny or grandad and two rooms either side. There’s a great description of the form HERE<\/a> which explains the outshot in lovely detail together with typical construction etc…<\/p>\n What caught my eye in a recent tweet by Marion McGarry regarding her new book was although the form is similar across the country; the example below includes a ‘spy window’. You can also see that the large room to the right was divided equally into two rooms – this is also common in Connacht.<\/p>\n