Inspirational Homes Leitrim

11/04/2019

Lovely place up for grabs!

Set on the edge of Easkey village in County Sligo, beside a famous salmon-fishing river, and only a five minute walk from one of Europe's best surf breaks, The Old Rectory is a delightful Georgian house enclosed within secluded walled grounds.

24/03/2019

No Green-Door festival in 2019 but do check out the website for loads of information and contact details. Sign up to our newsletter for updates.
www.greendoorireland.ie

08/09/2018

No Green-Door this year....but you can still see inside a few of the homes here:
http://www.throughthegreendoor.ie/
Thanks to Róisín Loughrey for this collaboration just a few years ago :)

Through the Green Door is a web-documentary exploring the world of alternative, eco-architecture and self-building in the North West of Ireland.

08/09/2018

This time last year we were gearing up for the 'Biggest ever Green-Door weekend'!!
It is an event that could not be held every tear due to the work commitment it takes and the level of generosity needed by the home owners to open their doors to the public.
In the meantime do check out the website for links to the homes and previous Green-Door brochures. www.greendoorireland.ie

The Green Door Festival was held in Leitrim over the weekend and it proved to be a resounding success. Thirty nine inspirational homes were open to the public over the weekend and the reaction from those who were at the event was overwhelmingly positive. We were building pop up yurts today at #...

29/06/2018

Peter Cowman's next Shelter-making course is this Saturday ( and 2 more dates over the summer) - read all about it here:

Hoping you are all enjoying the good weather and feel dried out at last!!  It's a great time of year for building and gardening so I hope you are all doing something enjoyable and rewarding.If you're missing Green-Door then Peter Cowman has the perfect thing: a series of workshops over the summer c...

05/01/2018

Very sad story of a beautiful hand-build home burning to the ground. Please support the crowdfunding efforts to help the now homeless family if you feel able:

Simon and Jasmine Dale spent six years building their home, which is now the subject of a crowdfunding appeal

31/12/2017

Wishing everyone a peaceful and green 2018. 🎉🎇
Thank you to all who helped make Green-Door 2017 the huge success it was and here's to future Green-Door projects next year! Jo 😉🙂

09/10/2017

Just one week left to see this exhibition at the Dock Arts Centre....don't miss it!
The Dock is open Mon-Fri 10.30am - 5.30pm.
Last talk on Saturday at 2pm.

Leo Scarff, David Lunney, Nicos Nicolaou, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward, Zunaira Khurshid, Ali Kirby, Elaine Reynolds, Dominic Stevens This exhibition is designed to underpin…

09/10/2017

And the winner of our Instagram photography competition is Georgette Marshell.
1st PLACE
"Really good photograph capturing many different and important aspects ( including himself in window reflection on the right and the woman peeping out window on left!) dealing with varying degrees of light. Good composition and interesting perspective."

Chosen as a winner by freelance photojournalist Brian Farrell:
https://www.facebook.com/Brian-Farrell-Photographer-168826459810221/
Congratulations Georgette! She wins a voucher for the Organic Centre.

05/10/2017

Follow the links to get a flavour of 'The Biggest Ever Green-Door Weekend'!

The Green Door Festival was held in Leitrim over the weekend and it proved to be a resounding success. Thirty nine inspirational homes were open to the public over the weekend and the reaction from those who were at the event was overwhelmingly positive. We were building pop up yurts today at #...

03/10/2017

This is what Green-Door was all about - finding out about how to build from the self-builders themselves - meeting others and exchanging ideas. Thank you everyone who contributed to a truly inspiring weekend :)
Photo by Tommy Weir

01/10/2017

And it's a wrap!! Green-Door 2017 was a great success thank you so much to everyone who helped to make it happen - homeowners, volunteers, all at the Dock and the Leitrim Sculpture Centre!