Turning wetlands into fuel brings cheap energy to the countryside, but at a cost to ecosystems that trap carbon in the ground ...

Sir, –Ella McSweeney’s article on the recreation of our disappearing bogs I found informative and awe inspiring (“Ireland’s remaining bogs can have a second tale – of creation rather ...

Contractor Derek McEvoy drives a tractor with a turf installation machine attached, as bog cotton plants line a turf field, in Clonbullogue, Ireland, May 24, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne ...

For one day only, Thursday, May 29, the council will be part of the Design and Crafts Council Ireland’s ‘Irish Craft Village’ in the craft demonstration area in the Phoenix Park. Visitors will be able ...

Ireland's beautiful Irish bog cotton, a secret delight Words fail to describe the brilliance of Ireland's natural colors, all 40 shades of green, ...

Bog butter chunks are usually around the size of a mixing bowl. Harvey explained, but this one was between 22 kg and 25 kg (around 48 and 55 lbs.) in weight, according to The Irish Examiner.

Measuring 2m x 3m, the Postcard Gardens are one of the most popular visitor attractions at the festival each year and this year, ‘Ode to an Irish Bog’, the inspirational garden created by the ...

Bog cotton, as poet Michael Longley wrote, "hangs on by a thread, denser than thistledown..." (Lenorlux/Getty Images) ...

The distant sounds of sheep bleating and the trill of the curlew calling, along with a gentle breeze blowing the white bog cotton and a blue sky, amplify this idyllic locus. This feeling of contented ...

In Ireland we have four different types of bog cotton, also known as cottongrass. But bog cotton is neither related to cotton, nor is it a grass. These plants belong to the family of sedges.