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After a 39-year conservation process, the Lough Kinale Book Shrine is on view at the National Museum of Ireland.
Irish Mirror reporter Eamon Doggett visited the heart of the country and found many reasons to change his mind about the ...
And, after a chance reading about bog-snorkelling in the Guinness Book of Records — a sport that originated in Wales in 1976 — the Kerry woman developed a passion so deep, she can now lay ...
Jess Phillips headed down to Llanwrtyd Wells, the home of the World Bog Snorkelling Championships in the local muddy peat bog, to experience a wacky alternative to the Olympics ...
Bog snorkelling began in Llanwrtyd Wells in 1976, 10 years before the first world championship. It's not just put Wales' smallest town - once the UK's smallest - on the map, but on stamps too .
It's dark, dirty and more like an I'm A Celebrity Bushtucker Trial - but the World Bog Snorkelling Championships inspired one woman to walk again. Yes, you heard me. It's a real event and gave ...
Bog snorkelling is easily one of the most intriguing outdoor adventures we’ve heard about – do you wear a wetsuit? Dress up as a superhero? We got the answers ...
The 34th annual World Bogsnorkelling Championships took place in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales on Sunday 28 August, with a bog snorkelling triathlon also taking place on Saturday.
Gasps around (some of) Wales were heard tonight (June 21) as The One Show talked about the yearly, mid Wales tradition of bog snorkelling, and host Angela Scanlon and guest Joel Dommett tried to ...
September 09, 2019 at 12:01AM BST. Neil Rutter is one of the UK’s most successful athletes, with three world titles to his name – yet hardly anyone has heard of him.
There are 10 categories in the bog snorkelling championship, ... Ireland, and even a man from Australia. Why come all this way to take a dip in a Welsh bog?