The Wood Anemones are an indicator of ancient woodlands. So delicately beautiful, I was mesmerised by them in the late evening light at Syngefield, along the Camcor River 💕 @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

Marie Gilmore , Guide, Galway Living Bog, Carrownagappul Co Galway Marie Gilmore grew up at the bogland where she now works as a tour guide with Galway Living Bog - Carrownagappul Bog - Co Galway. She has happy memories of growing up playing and working with her fami

Our latest audio story is a chat in Mountbellew, Galway at the Galway Living Bog with Marie Gilmore who works as a guide bringing adults and children to Carrownagappul Bog - she grew up there but has grown into a new understanding of the ancient magic of the bog soundcloud.com/athena-media...

Abbeyleix Bog : celebrating 26 years of community-led nature conservation in Co Laois - Tóchar Wetlands By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories I first visited and walked Abbeyleix Bog, in Co Laois, three years ago and I’ve […]

Celebrating 26 years of community-led conservation in #Abbeyleix @athenamediaie.bsky.social www.tocharwetlands.ie/uncategorise...

Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs

World Curlew Day takes place on Tuesday, the 21st of April this year, and to celebrate the day, the IPCC will be hosting a free "Bog Walk and Talk". The event will take place at 11am on the 21st of April, and we will meet at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co. Kildare, R51 V293

I had the honour of visiting #Abbeyleix #Bog Project in October 2024 for research toward my book on #bogs and preservation. I interviewed Des Finnamore and and Garry Luttrell and toured the site with them. Listen to another volunteer. Here's Melissa Casey's story:

Melissa Casey, Abbeyleix Bog Melissa Casey is an Australian native who has made her home in Co Laois and come to love the bogs she lives around. She's a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project and her love of nature has brought ...

We ran into Melissa Casey, a macro phtographer on Abbeyleix Bog and captured a little of her story - how she moved from Australia and found a new home in the Midlands and fell in loved with its raised bogs. Melissa is a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project. #LoveBogs
vimeo.com/1182733084?s...

Melissa Casey, Abbeyleix Bog Melissa Casey is an Australian native who has made her home in Co Laois and come to love the bogs she lives around. She's a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project and her love of nature has brought ...

We ran into Melissa Casey, a macro phtographer on Abbeyleix Bog and captured a little of her story - how she moved from Australia and found a new home in the Midlands and fell in loved with its raised bogs. Melissa is a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project. #LoveBogs
vimeo.com/1182733084?s...

In the midst of an often angry world it's a joy to spend time with community volunteer workers doing their best everyday to make a positive difference in the world - and secure a better future for all #Nature #Climate

A tiniest little Devil's Matchstick lichen surrounded and sheltered by its Matchstick family ❤️ tiny worlds within worlds... @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @scohaboybog.bsky.social

Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs

#LoveBogs

Abbeyleix Bog Project is a showcase for community-led conservation action. We got to spend some time there recently and chatted with volunteer leader and project Chair Fiona Dunne vimeo.com/1181201963?s...

Abbeyleix Bog Project is a showcase for community-led conservation action. We got to spend some time there recently and chatted with volunteer leader and project Chair Fiona Dunne vimeo.com/1181201963?s...

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Carrownagappul - Galway Living Bog - Mountbellew, Co Galway This is "Carrownagappul - Galway Living Bog - Mountbellew, Co Galway" by Athena Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

A walk in the rain with a drone at Carrownagappul Galway Living Bog near Mountbellew Co Galway the other week - such stunning landscape and a showcase for how public funded bog restoration & nature conservation can work vimeo.com/1181207318?f... @tocharstories.bsky.social @athenamediaie.bsky.social

The wheel of time keeps turning 💕 unfurling Fiddlehead fern at Cadamstown woods @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

World's oldest bog body hints at violent past A 4,000-year-old body from the peat of central Ireland is likely to be the world's oldest bog body.

Bogs allow us to time travel - and traces our ancestors lives for thousands of years www.bbc.com/news/science... #BogBodies

I'm always drawn to bog pools...this little one so mystical at dusk in the heart of Killaun ❤️ @communitywetlands.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social

Blackthorn bloom at Killaun bog Co. Offaly

Beautiful Blackthorn is in bloom now 💕 so lovely to see the hedgerows full of its beautiful white flowers. Find out more about the wonderful Blackthorn here through the knowledge of John Feehan www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJzn...
@hedgerowsireland.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social

Amazing who you can meet on a bog loop walk in Abbeyleix #LoveBogs #ireland - what does the bog mean to you? Melissa Casey, an Australian who has found a home in Ireland's Midlands and a love for Irish bogs and macro photography shares her passion.

There's some about a drone camera and bogs .... @tocharstories.bsky.social

Old Bog Road Co Offaly March 2026 This is "Old Bog Road Co Offaly March 2026" by Athena Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Old Bog Road - Co offaly - collecting visual stories of our changing bog landscape around the Midlands vimeo.com/1178384016/9.... #LoveBogs

Beautiful Coltsfoot is in flower now 😍 what a little beauty!!
Such an interesting flower, you can find out all about it here through the eyes of our very own John Feehan www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReA...
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social

Old Bog Road Co Offaly March 2026 This is "Old Bog Road Co Offaly March 2026" by Athena Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Old Bog Road - Co offaly - collecting visual stories of our changing bog landscape around the Midlands vimeo.com/1178384016/9.... #LoveBogs

Great audio podcast series from Fionn Davenport called 'The Bog Bodies' created by the Irish tourism agency - a nice curation of the history and culture of bogs through its ancient past of kin and sacrifice @nmireland.bsky.social
www.discoverireland.ie/the-discover...

Great audio podcast series from Fionn Davenport called 'The Bog Bodies' created by the Irish tourism agency - a nice curation of the history and culture of bogs through its ancient past of kin and sacrifice @nmireland.bsky.social
www.discoverireland.ie/the-discover...

Bog restoration could be 'secret weapon' against flooding Data from a bog restoration project in Co Wicklow suggests that some of the most effective flood prevention measures may be up in the hills.

Fascinating piece by @colmanos.bsky.social
@news.rte.ie on ways restored bogs can help us to mitigate and implement adaptation in climate action. Bogs can absorb water and carbon dioxide - and provide wonderful habitats for our native species #LoveBogs
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

A wonderful day with the amazing Hugh Shepherd, a life-long nature lover and volunteer with Abbeyleix Bog Project - the community who are behind the conservation of the local bogland for the past 26 years. #LoveBogs @tocharstories.bsky.social

Abbeyleix Bog, Co Laois - a March walk We took a walk on the Abbeyleix Bog loop in Co Laois with veteran volunteer Hugh Shepherd part of the Abbeyleix Bog Group and enjoyed some rare sunshine and the…

A Spring walk on Abbeyleix Bog in Co Laois with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd vimeo.com/1177251844?s... Abbeyleix Bog Project is a community-led celebrating 26 years this year. Its a remarkable showcase of how communities can work together and make a difference for people, places and nature.