<![CDATA[Irish Shepherd's Huts

<![CDATA[Irish Shepherd's Huts - Blog]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:51:28 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Cast Iron Wheels]]>Wed, 02 May 2018 10:48:38 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/cast-iron-wheels1881769Cast iron is a fantastic material that will last for decades, needs no maintenance and does not rust like mild steel. We don't apply any finish, unless requested, which allows the iron to age naturally. Fabricated mild steel wheels need to be painted or powder coated meaning continual maintenance. Although they may be cheaper initially than cast iron, they have proven to be problematic and more expensive overall due to the maintenance required.

Ours cast iron wheels are made to a traditional pattern ensuring the authentic look to our Huts.

]]><![CDATA[Red Cedar Cladding]]>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:23:46 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/red-cedar-cladding

We are pleased to announce we can now externally clad our Huts in Red Cedar - contact us for more information

]]><![CDATA[Black sheep of the family]]>Tue, 09 May 2017 18:22:45 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/black-sheep-of-the-familyOur latest Hut delivered to a very happy client who wanted a space of her own in which to sit and contemplate the gorgeous scenery around her!

]]><![CDATA[New Hut]]>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:26:28 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/new-hutOur latest hut delivered to a family in Killarney who required a space for cooking and dining. The full kitchen with hob and oven installed at one end with dining facilities at the other.

]]><![CDATA[New Order]]>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:30:07 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/new-orderOur latest Shepherd's Hut is due for delivery on Friday-unfortunately I think the weather will be against us!

New pictures will be posted once the client has taken delivery. ]]><![CDATA[Radio Interview!]]>Fri, 13 May 2016 10:29:27 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/radio-interviewRadio Interview today with The Late Lunch Show, LMFM Radio to talk about our Shepherd's Huts. Very excited but nervous, will post the podcast once available.]]><![CDATA[New Year - New Design]]>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:52:29 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/new-year-new-designFor the past few months we have been working on a completely new design of Hut which we hope to start production of in the New Year. This is something a little different but equally as beautiful and a little unique to the market in Ireland. We hope to be able to post the pictures in the next few weeks - watch this space!]]><![CDATA[Famous Writers who used Spaces just like Irish Shepherd Huts]]>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:34:23 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/famous-writers-who-used-spaces-just-like-irish-shepherd-hutsThere is nothing quite like your own 'writing hut'. A unique, small space where only coffee, peace and inspiration lie. To enter a world with one purpose, to help, encourage and inspire your writing. You are not alone in having this thought. Some of histories greatest writers utilsed the 'writers hut' to help their writing.

Below are 5 famous writers who loved their 'writer huts'.

Mark Twain's Writing Hut, New York

"It is the loveliest study you ever saw...octagonal with a peaked roof, each face filled with a spacious window...perched in complete isolation on the top of an elevation that commands leagues of valley and city and retreating ranges of distant blue hills. It is a cozy nest and just room in it for a sofa, table, and three or four chairs, and when the storms sweep down the remote valley and the lighting flashes behind the hills beyond and the rain beats upon the roof over my head—imagine the luxury of it." -
Mark Twain, in a letter to William Dean Howells, 1874

Roald Dahl called his Writing Hut 'The Gypsy House'

"The whole of the inside was organised as a place for writing: so the old wing-back chair had part of the back burrowed out to make it more comfortable; he had a sleeping bag that he put his legs in when it was cold and a footstool to rest them on; he had a very characteristic Roald arrangement for a writing table with a bar across the arms of the chair and a cardboard tube that altered the angle of the board on which he wrote. As he didn't want to move from his chair everything was within reach. He wrote on yellow legal paper with his favourite kind of pencils; he started off with a handful of them ready sharpened..."
The Guardian

Above is a photograph of inside Roald Dahl's writer hut ' The Gypsy'.

Henry Thoreau's Writer Cabin

Above is a photograph of the inside of Henry David Thoreau's writers hut situated in Walden Pond.

Henry David Thoreau
To help focus on his writing Henry David Thoreau escaped to his cozy writers hut to enjoy a simpler lifestyle. Inside his simple hut was a bed, table, 3 chairs and a desk for his writing. Some of his greatest pieces were written in this tiny hut.

The 'Writing Hut of one of my favourite writers
Dylan Thomas.

"Dylan Thomas’s writing shed began its life back in the 1920s. A Dr Cowan, who spent his holidays at the boathouse, bought the shed to house his Wolsey car. He paid £75 to erect the £5 shed on cast iron pillars on the cliffside at a time when the average house price was just £200... In his, as Thomas told Princess Caetani in 1952, 'wordsplashed hut', the walls were pinned with photos, reproductions and magazine cuttings of Lord Byron, Walt Whitman, Louis MacNeice, W. H. Auden, William Blake, a painting by Modigliani, picaresque nudes, serial specials from Picture Post and similar magazines, rhyming lists and word lists of alliterations."

The amazing Hut George Bernard Shaw used

George Bernard Shaw's (1856-1950) called his writers hut 'London so if when people called looking for him his staff would say he was in 'London'.

Glamping is a new thing!? Well not to George Bernard Shaw because in 1930 George spent most of remaining 20 years in a well designed, fancy writing hut situated in Hertfordshire, England. Just like Irish Shepherd Huts he had his electricity and comforts. He could even move it so he could follow the sun and spent years writing and enjoying nature in his own little hut - we love it.

Inside the writing hut of George Bernard Shaw, which was called the London.

Different huts, same purpose

No longer do you have to lie cold in your hut at night in order to enjoy distraction free writing and nature. Find peace and quiet to help your studies, research and writing while enjoying warmth, coffee wifi and warm showers. The perfect balance of old and new.

Do you want your own writers hut? Get in touch today

]]><![CDATA[Press feature :) Hut Builders join the Glamping Flock]]>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:01:52 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/press-feature-hut-builders-join-the-glamping-flock

Thank you so much to the Irish Business Post for their wonderful piece on our beautiful handmade huts. Delighted and thrilled at the responce.

]]><![CDATA[5 Ways to Improve your Irish Shepherds Hut]]>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:19:21 GMThttps://www.irishshepherdshuts.com/blog/5-ways-to-improve-your-irish-shepherds-hutSo you want your own space, a little world you can make your own. A place you can relax, read, write, be with nature or be anywhere in fact! A place where you reflect, think, drink, sleep or study. What you need is your very own Irish Shepherds Hut, all there is to decide is what to place inside?

Below are 5 of our Most Popular Additions to an Irish Shepherd Hut >

1) Apple Macs / Coffee Machines / Freezers - the list goes on

Of course by an Apple Computer we mean computer, but these days it is usually an Apple. People are sometimes surprised to find out that Irish Shepherd Huts can easily and safely include electricity. With the addition of electricity a simple Shepherds Hut which can be placed almost anywhere changes from a simple, warm, cozy relaxing world to an up to date office, a writing studio or the most relaxing place in the world to catch up on Game of Thrones while nature whirls around you.
To be once again one with nature, savouring all it has to offer while enjoying modern technologies and luxuries like WiFi, ground fresh coffee or chilled wine and strawberries is truly a beautiful thing.

2) Hot Showers with an En-Suite Bathroom

Does the thought of swimming in lakes, hiking through valleys or climbing and biking mountains excite you, but then do you think about how you will get home or what you or your family will do after? Our sturdy Irish Shepherds Huts can be placed anywhere and withstand all types of weather all year round. Go and enjoy nature, get mucky and messy and jump into that freezing cold lake. Become alive in nature again. Enjoy those aspects of nature, nothing breathes life back into those coddled office lungs quicker. And when you are finished living life the way you should, you can come back to your warm Irish Shepherds Hut, grab a clean towel and have a nice warm shower - perfect.

3) Relaxing by the Fire with an Irish Stove

Some people say nothing beats sitting around an open fire. Well, one thing beats it.. sitting in an Irish Shepherds Hut by an open fire. It is truly the best of both worlds. Still connected with nature but no insects. Still listening to the sounds of nature around you but in a comfy chair. Still getting cozy with a loved one as you listen to the silence of nature, but with your own warm bed nearby. Reading, writing and studying is never as enjoyable until sitting by a fire in your own Irish Shepherds Hut surrounded by a slice of nature you personally selected.

4) Toasty Feet with Underfloor Heating

As well as being sturdy and well insulated an Irish Shepherds Hut can be fitted with underfloor heating meaning no matter what the day or night throws at you, we guarantee you will be as snug as a bug in your Irish Shepherd Hut. Kick of those shoes and feel free and warm in your own little world.

5) Time to Yourself - Connected to Everyone: Wifi

Yes, we know this is implied with point number 1 being electricity, but for those you really need, it doesn't stop them for quadruple checking when we are building there very own study cave. Yes, our Irish Shepherd Huts can be fully equipped with WiFi making them the perfect place to study and work. Place an Irish Shepherd Hut at the bottom of the garden for some time alone from the kids to get some work done. Or place an Irish Shepherd Hut in the wilderness so you have no distractions from focusing on that new project you wanted to sink your teeth into. Well, no distractions other than nature and the internet :)

What would you place in your Shepherd's Hut? Place your comments below.

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