4 days ago · What is an Irish Bog? An Irish bog is a type of wetland made up of layers of peat, a dense, organic material formed from the slow decomposition of plants over thousands of …

From ancient bog bodies to buried treasure, supernatural sprites to 5,000-year-old butter, the bogs of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands are full of mysteries, as Mal Rogers discovers

Sep 7, 2022 · Flanked by dramatic cliffs and the Atlantic Ocean, a five-square-mile stretch of bogland in County Mayo blankets a field between Ballycastle and Belmullet in west Ireland. …

Nov 13, 2023 · Experts tell of the violent and gruesome deaths of ancient Irish kings, but what is the truth behind these amazingly well-preserved bog bodies housed in this Dublin museum?

Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a well-preserved Irish Iron Age bog body found in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County …

The Bog of Allen (Irish: Móin Alúine) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. The bog's 958 square kilometres (370 square miles) stretch into …

Oct 19, 2019 · On the northern coast of County Mayo, in the west of Ireland, a 5,500-year-old agricultural community is hidden (and preserved) under a bog. You can visit the site, Ceide …

May 30, 2020 · Irish bogs have been a source of fossil fuel, but also an artistic fuel. In this post I explore the bog from geography, to mythology and poetry.

One of the rarest and most beautiful woods in the world is Irish bog oak. This very ancient kind of wood can be found across Ireland, but is most often recovered from deep peat bogs in the …

May 26, 2022 · Dutch ecology professor Matthijs Schouten has a unique understanding of Irish bogs and the transformational changes in how they have come to be viewed, understood and …