COUNT ON MOM’S TO MAKE IT SPECIAL
After getting to know the man and his handsome thatch creations, we understood that Mom’s could offer remarkable craftsmanship and storybook structures with an unrivaled back story. William began his thatching career on Irish patriot Padraig Pierse’s cottage in Ros Muc and the cottage attached to poet W. B. Yeats’ castle in Gort, both in County Galway. The Smithsonian Institute sponsored him to help thatch the famous Jamestown Church in historic Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. Later he would work on projects for the likes of Martha Stewart, Tom Monaghan and the Chicago Botanical Gardens. William has been featured in national magazines, leading newspapers and television shows for three decades and still does most of the handwork himself. Now he is ready for his first Mom’s collaboration right here in Minnesota.
EVERY THATCH ROOF HOLDS A STORY
Every William Cahill roof comes with a story. It starts with William harvesting and bundling American Phragmite reeds along the East Coast in winter for the next season. By the time he secures and dresses the bundles and sculpts his signature decorative ridge, a roof could require up to a million reeds. Somewhere among the thick honeycomb field, he’ll hide a small pouch of Irish coins for the next thatcher who returns, usually in 15 to 20 years.
THATCH ROOFS’ PERSONAL APPEAL
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