Gates in the Burren were causing a bit of a stir online of late.
A lively debate kicked off on the good old BookFace when the Department of Agriculture put up a picture of a gate which had been hung in north Clare.
“ACRES farmers are installing heritage gates in high-priority environmental areas across Ireland,” the Department posted.
The message prompted a wave of anger from enthusiasts of traditional, blacksmith-made, old forged gates.
“Heritage gates my ass,” responded one wrought iron lover. “Show me the heritage welder you used to stick them together.”
“It’s a cheap replica, pretending to be something that takes far more skill to make,” another man posted.
The old traditional flat-iron gates are generally made of mild steel or wrought iron and are held together with rivets and joints rather than welds.
One brave poster maintained that the replicas were far better than tubular bar gates, and he pointed out that a lot of old wrought iron gates have been cast into hedges by farmers and forgotten about over the years.
However, the gates to a place called ‘purist fury’ were by now ajar, and that particular speaker of truth was shown little mercy.
I’d say the Department regretted posting the picture.
Gates in the Burren were causing a bit of a stir online of late.
A lively debate kicked off on the good old BookFace when the Department of Agriculture put up a picture of a gate which had been hung in north Clare.
“ACRES farmers are installing heritage gates in high-priority environmental areas across Ireland,” the Department posted.
The message prompted a wave of anger from enthusiasts of traditional, blacksmith-made, old forged gates.
“Heritage gates my ass,” responded one wrought iron lover. “Show me the heritage welder you used to stick them together.”
“It’s a cheap replica, pretending to be something that takes far more skill to make,” another man posted.
The old traditional flat-iron gates are generally made of mild steel or wrought iron and are held together with rivets and joints rather than welds.
One brave poster maintained that the replicas were far better than tubular bar gates, and he pointed out that a lot of old wrought iron gates have been cast into hedges by farmers and forgotten about over the years.
However, the gates to a place called ‘purist fury’ were by now ajar, and that particular speaker of truth was shown little mercy.
I’d say the Department regretted posting the picture.
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