Masters: Keepers of Tradition (2026 - 2026)

One of Ireland's last horologists, Philip Stokes, tackles his most personal commission yet, restoring Cork’s “Four Faced Liar” – under the watchful eye of his 90-year-old mother.

John Hogan never took to books, but he understood metal instinctively. When a crumbling Victorian gate at Westport House needed saving, there was only one man for the job.

Three old bachelors in rural Galway sent a Dutch teenager Marika Leen up onto their leaking roof. She never came down – and Ireland's thatching tradition is all the richer for it.