This year’s Peatland Community Engagement Scheme is now live and is open for applications until 5 July. The scheme is slightly broader than before and is now known as the Peatland and Natura Community Engagement Scheme as it also covers non peatland Natura 2000 sites. We will hold a webinar on Thursday 20th June at […]
Join us in The Íontas Theatre, Castleblayney, Co, Monaghan on 27th June for a one day workshop to explore challenges and opportunities for land access for community led wetland conservation […]
Saturday 17th - Sunday 25th August Jim Smith’s Hedge School Exhibition, at Virgina Library, Virgina Co. Cavan. Exhibition of 19th century documents from a local hedge school run by James Ball the hedge schoolmaster, some detailing aspects of turf cutting, etc. Saturday 24th August 10am - 4pm Plein Art Day, on Killyconny Bog. All artists […]
Cemeteries are spaces for reflection upon a loved one’s life as well as the vanished lives of strangers whose only distinguishable legacies are their names births and death dates and […]
Saturday 17th August 3pm - 5pm Launch of Village Trail in the village schoolhouse. Guided walk along Cloncrow Bog and Village Trail. Saturday 17th August 8pm - 9:30pm Jackie Daly […]
Let’s explore Clara’s Dickensian’s Mile and learn about its industrial heritage on our guided walk together. Clara’s Dickensian Mile tells the story of life in an industrial town. Clara was […]
Get to know Ardee Bog this Heritage Week. Forest bathing / nature immersion taster session with Fiona Crawley. Nature walk with Ardee bog photographer Adrian Crawley looking at the unique bog flora on Ardee Bog, one of Ireland’s most easterly raised bogs! More information on www.ardeebog.org
Learn how to record your local wetland heritage with Know Your Wetland using the Know Your 5K interactive map. Community Wetlands Forum invites community groups and heritage and nature enthusiasts […]
The Community Wetlands Forum invites you to join us for an online evening of short films, celebrating our bog heritage. ‘Life Cycle of the Emperor Moth, Cloncrow Bog, Tyrellspass’ by […]
The Brackna Turf Cooperative and a forgotten film from 1921. In 1921 Gordon Lewis, Pathé’s newsreel cameraman in Ireland, joined Desmond Fitzgerald Minister for Publicity in the First Dáil, and […]
Tina Claffey is an award-winning nature photographer & author of ‘Tapestry of Light’ and ‘Portal-Otherworldly Wonders of Ireland’s Bogs, Wetlands and Eskers’ Tina specialises in extreme close-up macro photography, which […]
Learn about farming on peat soils, bog plants and wildlife, plus meet like-minded people from your local area. We will hear from FarmPEAT project farmers, who are receiving results-based payments for their habitat quality, and Umeras Community Development, who are working to develop an Umeras Peatlands Park. Representatives from other nearby community groups will also […]
