For millennia, the bog was the chief source of fuel for the people of Ireland. The cutting, drying & transportation of the turf from their property strips was a time-honoured activity that absorbed most members of the families for many weeks during the spring & summer months
Click on the blue text in each of the titles below to hear the stories of working on the Bogs of Ireland in days gone by.
Catching Frogs & Eating from the Tin
In this episode Tom Brennan recites to his son, a pupil in St. Patrick's National...
The Strange Case of the Duck Egg & other witty tales
In this interview pupils of St. Patrick’s National School in Kiltormer listen to a...
The Tale of Mrs Hardy’s Angry Ass
In this episode Seamus Curley talks to the pupils and teachers of St. Patrick’s National...
Young Girl on a Kiltormer Bog
Down on the Bog In this episode Mary Muldoon tells the pupils of St. Patrick’s National...
How to Keep a Donkey from Sinking in a Wet Bog!
Down on the Bog - Stories from an Irish Bog. In this episode Gerry Kelly describes the workings of...
Working in the Bog – Patsy Downey
Down on the Bog In this episode traditional musician Patsy Downey is asked by the pupils of...
Working on the Bog in the late 1940s
Down on the Bog In this episode Bernie Larkin describes to pupils of St. Patrick’s National...