The last of the master weavers: ‘Years gone by, a woman wouldn’t have been allowed at the loom – the old boys wouldn’t have heard of it’

The last of the master weavers: ‘Years gone by, a woman wouldn’t have been allowed at the loom – the old boys wouldn’t have heard of it’

Only a few years ago, hand-weaving in Donegal was at death’s door. There was only a handful of master weavers left — all men in their 70s and 80s. It seemed that the skill might leave this world with them.