{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fheart-to-hearth.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fin-conversation-with-sinead-hughes-VcW9nFhK","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"In conversation with Sinead Hughes","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1632b638-3a81-4114-b9ed-1715f37c6679/e60e1334-e442-44c3-b0ab-4b3c0f0a9360/pic.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/018bf4ae-ed02-47b8-962f-8f5a2b2c0ab5\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"In conversation with Sinead Hughes\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode, we chat with Sinead Hughes. Sinead is a heritage consultant based in Dublin. Among various other projects, she is currently undertaking a thatch survey of Fingal County.  \n\nIn today's chat,  we talk about Sinead's background, her ongoing thatch survey in Fingal, and the challenges facing owners of thatched buildings in Ireland today. \n\nHosted by Tríona Byrne.\nEdited by Deirdre Keeley.\nArtwork by Róisín Beirne.\nTheme music by Cillian Byrne.\n\nGenerously supported by the Heritage Council as part of their Heritage Capacity Fund 2022.\n\nThe podcast was recorded on Zoom in August 2022.\n\nIf you have a question or feedback on the series, we’d love to hear from you so please get in touch by emailing us at spabireland@gmail.com. For more information on SPAB Ireland visit www.spab.org.uk/about-us/spab-ireland.\nYou can follow our social media @SPABIreland on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/spabireland, Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/spabireland and Twitter - https://twitter.com/SPABIreland and you can also check our website https://www.spab.org.uk/members/regional-groups/spab-ireland.\n\nSubscribe, enjoy and please leave a review! \n\nFingal Thatch Survey https://www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-thatch-project-2022 \nValentine Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000033871\nLawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 \nHistoric Census Records http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ \nNational Folklore Commission https://www.ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/ \n\n"}