Masters: Keepers of Tradition

Episode 2

The Handweaver

A young American photographer landed on Clare Island 40 years ago and never left. Now Beth Moran is sending a piece of it – woven by her own hand – all the way to Brussels.

Episode 3

Basketmaker

With no training and a young family to feed, Joe Hogan gambled everything on a vanishing traditional craft. 50 years on, his baskets are in galleries from Tokyo to Clonakilty.

Episode 4

Horologist

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.

Episode 5

Blacksmith

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.

Episode 6

Thatcher

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.