Tipperary eco-home build has a new rhythm of life in Cloughjordan

Oliver Moore completes the story of his self-build in the mould-breaking village of Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, where the emphasis is on community and sustainability.

There is this notion that in the past, or in economically poorer parts of the world, children used to have more fun.

It’s always a difficult thing to quantify accurately, but the story goes something like this: children used to ramble country fields, or roam from house to house in tightly-knit, working-class communities. All parents kept a general eye but they mostly left the kids to it.