We are delighted to share that the Drummin Bog Project has been invited to participate in The BOG CAFE – a celebration of Ardee Bog and our precious Irish peatlands. An information stand about the Drummin Bog Project will be displayed on Saturday, September 24th – please do come and say hello. BOG CAFE: SCHEDULE…
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‘Slow time on the Bog’: painter Mairead Holohan celebrates Carlow’s Drummin Bog
On International Bog Day, the Drummin Bog Project is delighted to share that a 2022 ArtLinks bursary is enabling south Carlow-based painter Mairead Holohan research and create new work in response to Drummin Bog and the local area. #Ireland #wetlands #beauty #creativity #art #internationalbogday #iucnpeat
NPWS Peatlands Community Engagement Award work supports a major step toward restoring Drummin Bog
This is the first of two posts about how the 2021 NPWS Community Engagement Scheme Award extended activities to fulfil the aims of the Drummin Bog Project Last year, despite the challenges of the pandemic, Drummin Bog Project committee members, past Chair Martin Lyttle (a former geotechnical engineer) and Creative Drummin Engagement Artist, Jules Michael,…
Drummin Bog Project donates trees to nearby national schools for National Tree Week 2022
The slip of paper which we sent out with each tree for planting and care. We are still getting great feedback about our initiative for National Tree week in March 2022. We were thrilled to deliver over 200 birch and oak trees to the three national schools of Scoil Moling (Glynn), St. Michael’s (Newtown) and…
News of Carlow-led Gnáthóga Nádúrtha: (Natural Habitats) 3-county arts initiative
The Drummin Bog Project committee and Creative Drummin – Druimín Cruthaitheach would like to congratulate the Carlow Arts Office and Community Development Staff on the exciting news that €75, 000 is to be invested in a new creative initiative – Gnáthóga Nádúrtha: (Natural Habitats), as part of the 2022 Invitation to Collaboration Award from the…
Creative Ireland 2-day event draws enthusiastic crowds & Minister for Carlow Bog Banner Project
PLEASE NOTE: Access to Drummin Bog is limited due to the sensitive nature of the habitat and its status as a wildlife reserve. Great precaution must be taken in visiting the bog due to its unmarked deep drains, and other hazards. It is therefore recommended people do not walk on the bog alone. Children must…
The Drummin Bog: Banner Project (Phase 1) Schedule Announced- ALL WELCOME!
The Drummin Bog: Banner Project (Phase 1) Schedule Announced- ALL WELCOME to Drummond Hall, Drummond, Co. Carlow 15-16 Oct!
Get the Drummin Bog book for World Wetland Day and UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
There is great excitement in the South Carlow national schools of St. Brendan’s, Drummond, Scoil Moling, Glynn and St. Michael’s, Newtown this week as the “An Fraughan” eBook is launched. The eBook commemorates the ecosocial art project also called “An Fraughan” that ran in the three schools in 2019. Funded by Creative Ireland with the…
VOTE for Drummin Bog: A LEADER funded project
Help raise the profile of the smallest raised #bog in the South East of Ireland – VOTE FOR THE DRUMMIN BOG VIDEO in the NATIONAL RURAL NETWORK competition that is Celebrating the Impact of #LEADER on Rural Communities in Ireland.
“A revolution in how we live? An interdisciplinary workshop on creative approaches to education for environmental understanding and responsibility” on peatlands.
Originally posted on The Hollywood Forest Story : An EcoSocial Art Practice | Co. Carlow Ireland:
#FridayArt4Emergency Trans-Disciplinary Conversations on Peatlands A UCC Research IRC Funded Project #LoveIrishResearch An interdisciplinary Workshop on Creative Approaches to Education for Environmental Understanding and Responsibility Irish Research Council Creative Connection Scheme18-19 October 2019 – The Glucksman, Cork Co-hosted by Dr. Maureen…
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