Hut builders join the glamping flock

A Cork-based couple have their sights set on the glamping market with a new small-build venture drawing on their combined craft and design skills.

Tanya and Mark Rodgers of Irish Shepherds’ Huts

Project manager Tanya Rodgers and her husband, joiner Mark Rodgers, set up Irish Shepherd’s Huts last year in Castletownbere in west Cork, to bring the traditional shepherd’s hut to a new generation.

The pair had been developing the business since 2010 from their former home in Northwest England, after unintentionally finding a willing customer for a ...