When people think of Ireland they tend to think of thatched cottages but if truth be told, they are few and far between these days, especially along the east coast.
This is the last thatched cottage in the town of Drogheda.
It hasn't been lived in for several years and although there's a preservation order on it, the roof is beginning to fall through.
A local lady who was passing told me how the birds peck at the roof to eat insects living there and, I'd image, they probably help themselves to the straw come nesting time.
And yes, that's a blue sky you see!