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Know Your Bog

As Ireland transitions away from using peat as an energy source, we are inviting communities to share their knowledge and memories about their bogs. We are interested in stories and information about the places we live; what we did; who did what; what and who lived there; the sounds; the smells; and what it looked like. Heritage ranges from folklore, to crafts, to biodiversity, to architecture, but ultimately we get to choose our heritage. Anything your community decides is important to document about the bogs and their history will be welcomed. ‘Know Your Bog’  is coordinated by the Connecting Communities with Peatlands project, which works with communities across the Midlands to support and encourage engagement with their local bog or wetland.  

Submissions will be added to the #KnowYour5K mapping tool, a joint initiative of the National Museum of Ireland and The Heritage Council. 

Click here to submit via the #KnowYour5K form

  • 'Carbon Flux' sculptures at Turraun wetlands

    'Carbon Flux' sculptures at Turraun wetlands

  • Abbeyleix Bog by any other name?

    Abbeyleix Bog by any other name?

  • Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

    Galway's Living Bog, Carrownagappul Bog, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

  • Herb Garden and Pump

    Herb Garden and Pump

  • The Besom Man

    The Besom Man

  • The Cottage at Derrevane, Lemanaghan Bog, Co. Offaly

    The Cottage at Derrevane, Lemanaghan Bog, Co. Offaly

  • The Lilliput Turf Machine

    The Lilliput Turf Machine

  • The Oldest Wheel In Ireland

    The Oldest Wheel In Ireland

  • Toghar Lacht na Lathí

    Toghar Lacht na Lathí

  • Turf Hopper

    Turf Hopper

KnowYour5k locations
  • A truly strange stone cross outside an optician's on the corner of Kevin Street and Bride Street
  • Adamstown Rail Station
  • An Ancient Approach: Glendalough's Stepping Stones
  • Anne Valley's Monument
  • Ardandragh Castle
  • Arthur Guinness
  • Ballindoon Priory (or Abbey)
  • Ballylucra Cemetery
  • Ballyriggin Wood
  • Ballysheil, Dispensary Hill, Dr O'Sheil and his medicinal book
  • Baltimore Beacon
  • Bellagill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland
  • Bere Island Standing Stone
  • Bird Song - Co. Galway
  • Black Friary Car Park
  • Blackrock Railway Station
  • Borris Viaduct
  • Boyne Viaduct
  • Brendan Behan's Home
  • Bridges over the Royal Canal.
  • Broombridge Rail Station
  • Bullaun stone, Rathcormac, Co. Sligo
  • Cappanalaurabaun / Ceapach na Lára Báine
  • Carrowkeel Neolithic Tombs - Cairns B, E,F, G,H,K
  • Cast iron fountain Cork City
  • Castleconnell Railway Station, Coolreiry
  • Ceannt Station, Galway
  • Charlestown Cross
  • Charlton's Folly
  • Clara Castle, Co. Kilkenny
  • Cloonkeen solitary standing stone
  • Cloyne Round Tower
  • Colbert Station
  • Cong. County Mayo
  • Cootehill Railway Station, Killycramph, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
  • Corduff Ringfort
  • Cornaseer Mushroom Stones
  • County Kerry Club, Denny St Tralee
  • Cruicetown Cemetery, Church and Motte
  • Cuckoo call, Co. Limerick
  • Dawn Chorus in Clonmel Tipperary
  • Devil's Bit
  • Dhuish National School, Shercock, Co. Cavan 1875-1975
  • Doe Castle
  • Dromod Station
  • Drumlane Abbey Church and Round Tower
  • Drumsna Bridge, Drumsna, Leitrim
  • Dublin Broadstone
  • Dún Laoghaire (Mallin) Railway Station
  • Dunaweel wood
  • Dunboyne Rail Station
  • Dysart Castle
  • Early Christian Oratory (Private Chapel) Rosscahill. Co. Galway
  • Engine no.36
  • Fenit - A Fossil Walk
  • Fenit - Little Samphire Lighthouse
  • Fenit & Surrounds – The Three Castles, the Old Village & More
  • Fenit & Saint Brendan The Navigator
  • Fenit Port & Marina
  • Folly House, Doonass, Clonlara, Co Clare
  • Geashill Rail Station, Ard, County Offaly
  • Gortmore Walled Garden, Marlfield
  • Grattan Row, Athlone
  • Graves of the Leinstermen
  • Haggerty's Bridge, Kilcoltrim, Co. Carlow
  • Harcourt Street railway line
  • Haroldstown Dolmen
  • Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station
  • Heritage in The Curragh, Co. Kildare
  • Heuston Station
  • Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield
  • Highrath Castle
  • Hill of Faughart
  • Holy Well Antrim town
  • Images of Mevagh
  • Industry on Clonmel's river islands
  • Ireland's Oldest Credit Union
  • Kent Station
  • Kilcash Romanesque Church
  • Killarney Train Station
  • Kilmacduagh Monastery
  • Kilmolash Church, Co. Waterford
  • Kilmore St. Feidhlimidh Cathedral Door
  • Kilnatoora Castle
  • Kilrush Church
  • King O'Toole's Gander (song)
  • Knockelly Castle, Fethard, Co. Tipperary
  • KY5K Tipperary: Cloughjordan
  • Lacca Woods
  • Lansdowne Road Celebrates 150 years
  • Large worked stone
  • Longford Town Railway station
  • Lord Crofton's boathouse at Gailey Bay, Co Roscommon
  • Louth Hall, Co. Louth
  • Manor Cinema
  • Mapping Cork Trade, Culture and Politics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Ireland - Online Exhibition 1/6: Introduction
  • Marley or Knockduff Bridge
  • Marriage Coat of Arms Wall Carving
  • Mass Rock at Sylane, near Tuam
  • Massy’s Estate Walled Garden
  • Maudlin Castle - Kilkenny's forgotten Leper Hospital
  • Maynooth Castle
  • McCarthy Monument
  • Merrion Railway Station
  • Mick the Miller
  • Milltown's cottage in Heritage Park
  • Moated site in Cutbush, Co. Kildare
  • Monasteroris, Edenderry: a place of Pilgrimage
  • Moore Hall, Co. Mayo
  • Moravian Graveyard Rathfarnham
  • Muine Bheag Railway Station
  • Naul Graveyard Ruins
  • Nineteenth Century Lime Kiln
  • Old Bawn bridge and waterfall ( The Blacker)
  • Old Coombe Hospital
  • Old St Peter's Church
  • Our local Post Box
  • Oweynagat - Cave of the Cats
  • Palace Cinema, Dublin
  • Paulgorra Field: Saintly apparition or conservation corner? What is in a field name?
  • Plot at Church Street and Old Gaol Street, Roscommon Town
  • Plunkett Train Station
  • Portarlington Railway Station
  • Portloman Church
  • Possible Boulder Burial Stones, Kintogher, Co. Sligo
  • Rag tree by Doon Holy Well
  • Rohesia's Castle
  • Roodstown Castle, Co. Louth
  • Roscommons Royal Castle
  • Rosslare Europort Rail Station
  • Rostellan Ice House
  • Saint Laurence's Gate, Drogheda
  • Seatown Castle
  • Seatown Windmill
  • Shannon Hydro-electric Scheme
  • Shaw's Farm
  • St David's Well, Ballinaslaney, Oylegate
  • St. Augustine's Holy Well
  • St. Catherine's Holy Well
  • St. Colmcille's Holy Well, Doonierin, County Sligo
  • St. Cummin's Holy Well, County Galway
  • St. John's Old Cemetery and Nobber Heritage Centre
  • St. Nicholas Church and Graveyard/ Teampull na Plaighe
  • St. Patrick's Well
  • Stameen House (Boyne Valley Hotel) Gate Lodge
  • Stephenstown House
  • Suir Bridge, Caherabbey Upper
  • Surrender on Grand Canal Street
  • Swallow - Owenniff River.
  • Tea House Folly Galway
  • The Banshee mourns the Death of Balla Railway Station
  • The blacksmith from Curaha
  • The chimney of Youghal Brickworks
  • The coffin on the Black Bridge: A story from the River Brosna
  • The Coffin Road Murrin Hill
  • The collapse of the old Market House/ Courthouse/ Sessions House at Roscommon Town.
  • The Doaghbeg Mass Rock
  • The Four Altars (Penal Altars) Ballaghaderreen
  • The Geashill Cauldron
  • The Hellfire Club
  • The Hundred Acres
  • The Legend of Úna Bhán
  • The Limerick Piper: Pádraig O'Briain (Born in Labasheeda, Co. Clare, 1773)
  • The Motte at Clonburren, Co. Roscommon
  • The oldest tree in Ireland
  • The Phillimore legacy at Tra na Rossan Co Donegal
  • The Pillbox at Knockvicar, County Roscommon
  • The Pillbox at Rooskey, County Roscommon
  • The Robert Emmet Proclamation
  • The Rocks, Wexford town
  • The Round Hill of Lismore.
  • The Tarmon Barry Pillbox, County Roscommon
  • Tobar Paraic, Monivea
  • Toberaheena Well, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
  • Two Mile Bridge
  • Victorian Cartwheel Sweller
  • Village Pump
  • Waterford Post Boxes
  • Westport Railway Station
  • Williamstown Martello Tower
  • WW1 US Navy graffiti, Bere Island
  • Know Your Bog
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