by Chair of The Drummin Bog Project, Alan Price Members of the Drummin Bog Project Committee were honoured to recently host a tour of Drummin Bog for LAWPRO Community Water Officers from across Ireland. LAWPRO are the Local Authorities Water Programme that works on behalf of Irelandās 31 Local Authorities to protect and restore good…
Author: Cathy Fitzgerald
The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan’s National School
The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan’s National School
Drummin Bog Project Part of First Carlow Climate Action Week
The Drummin Bog Committee recently hosted a guided walk and talk at Drummin Bog as part of County Carlow’s inaugural Carlow Climate Action Week 2024.
As the only remaining raised bog in Carlow and the Southeast of Ireland, restoring Drummin Bog is crucial to transforming this area into a carbon sink, while raising awareness of bog restorationās importance in climate action.
Carlow Climate Action Week 2024: Visit Drummin Bog, Sat. 19 Oct at 2pm – All Welcome!
Carlow Climate Action Week 2024: Visit Drummin Bog on Sat. 19 Oct at 2pm – All Welcome!
NPWS and Minister visit Drummin Bog Project
We were delighted that on Friday 11 Oct 2024, Minister Malcolm NoonanĀ invited a senior Regional National Park and Wildlife Service NPWS Advisor Ciara O’Mahony and new Local South East NPWS Ranger, Darragh Morrissey, who begins his role in January 2025 to visit and hear about the Drummin Bog Project, in South Carlow.
Irish Heritage Week 2024: Letās Learn Together ā The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Carlow
Irish Heritage Week 2024: Letās Learn Together ā The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow
Irish Heritage Week 2024: Letās Learn Together ā The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Carlow
Irish Heritage Week 2024: Letās Learn Together ā The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow
Drummin BogĀ Volunteer Morning – Sun. 26 May -to remove invasive species for National Biodiversity Week 2024
Sunday 26th May 2024 Join us for a full, informative work party session!! The Drummin Bog Project has a program to remove invasive species from Drummin Bog We need volunteers to help us cut rhododendrons, tackle bracken Join us to enjoy tea and biccies and hear more about the Drummin Bog Project!! Spend some time on…
CWF Artists Webinar series: hear about the developing GnÔthóga NÔdúrtha | Natural Habitats creative-led community engagement programme with Jules Michael, Monica de Bath and Kate Flood
The latest installment of the CWF (Community Wetland Forum) Creativity for the Wetlands artists webinar series takes place on Thursday 29 February at 7.30 pm. This webinar will feature Jules Michael (Drummin Bog Project), Monica de Bath (Rathangan Meithal) and Kate Flood (Girely Bog) who will speak about the developing Arts Council ‘Invitation to Collaborate’ GnĆ”thóga NĆ”dĆŗrtha | Natural Habitats creative-led community engagement programme led out by Carlow County Arts Office in collaboration with Kildare and Meath County Arts Services/Offices.
Summary of Autumn 2023 Creative-led, Nature-inspiredĀ activities celebrating our peatlands – GnĆ”thóga NĆ”dĆŗrtha | Natural Habitats programme
As part of the GnĆ”thóga NĆ”dĆŗrtha programme, a series of events in Autumn 2023 marked the end of the first phase with a rotating community engagement event at each of the three sites. ‘Each artist unearthed a physical expression of their work on the project and their local peatland ā a Butter Firkin, a Bog…
