Shed heads

Men’s Sheds are providing a haven for Irish men who want to work on projects at their own pace, writes Margaret Carragher.

SINCE time immemorial, the humble shed has provided mankind with a refuge. Here in a parallel universe of “stuff,” men can lose themselves in anything from wood-turning to furniture restoration, from macramé to model railway-making — in short, whatever it is that floats their boat.

But not every man has access to a shed, much less to the sort of spontaneous camaraderie generated by a group of men coming together with a common purpose.