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General Drummin Bog News
Drummin Bog welcomes Minister Chris O’Sullivan and County Carlow Council Staff 29/11/2025 - Committee members were pleased to share the story of the Drummin Bog Project in Soiuth County Carlow with Minister Chris O'Sullivan, a keen birder. We acknowledge all of the support from the different departments of Carlow County Council and regional NPWS staff who also visited.
Carlow’s Drummin Bog represented in Mary Robinson’s ‘Fite Fuaite’ Quilt for the UN COP30 Climate Meeting in Brazil 19/11/2025 - Carlow's Drummin Bog Project was represented fpr Mary Robinson's 'Fite Fuaite' Quilt for the UN COP30 Climate Meeting in Brazil. Voluntary Drummin Bog Committee member Brigid O'Regan, a former science lecturer, and a member of the Carlow Borris Lace group created the beautiful Drummin Bog Quilt Square for Mary Robinson's Quilt. 
Irish Heritage Week 2025: Flight, Water, Home: The Birds of Drummin Bog with Mick Wright 18/09/2025 - Irish National Heritage Week 2025: Flight, Water, Home: The Birds of Drummin Bog with Mick Wright, at Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow with LAWPRO 
Irish Heritage Week 2025: Flight, Water, Home: The Birds of Drummin Bog 03/08/2025 - Irish Heritage Week 2025: Flight, Water, Home: The Birds of Drummin Bog at Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow
National LAWPRO Communities Team visit Carlow’s Drummin Bog 26/02/2025 - 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 Ireland’s 31 Local Authorities to protect and restore good water... 
The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan’s National School 18/12/2024 - The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan's National School
Drummin Bog Project Part of First Carlow Climate Action Week 27/10/2024 - 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 restoration’s importance in climate action.
Carlow Climate Action Week 2024: Visit Drummin Bog, Sat. 19 Oct at 2pm – All Welcome! 14/10/2024 - Carlow Climate Action Week 2024: Visit Drummin Bog on Sat. 19 Oct at 2pm - All Welcome!
NPWS and Minister visit Drummin Bog Project 13/10/2024 - We were delighted that on Friday 11 Oct 2024, Minister Malcolm Noonan 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: Let’s Learn Together – The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Carlow 27/08/2024 - Irish Heritage Week 2024: Let’s Learn Together – The Big Pond Dip at Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow
Creative Drummin Art News
Evening Thoughts: Dark Skies, DeepTime Online Course 29/11/2025 - One mighty small bog in South County Carlow, Ireland, needing restoration, has inspired this new online course: Anchored with reference to community-led peatland restoration and the geo-ecological context of The Drummin Bog Project, this new Haumea Ecoversity online 6-module course introduces an understanding. It aims to increase nature connection. Cathy Fitzgerald, a Drummin Bog Committee... - Drummin Bog welcomes Minister Chris O’Sullivan and County Carlow Council Staff 29/11/2025 - Committee members were pleased to share the story of the Drummin Bog Project in Soiuth County Carlow with Minister Chris O'Sullivan, a keen birder. We acknowledge all of the support from the different departments of Carlow County Council and regional NPWS staff who also visited.
- Carlow’s Drummin Bog represented in Mary Robinson’s ‘Fite Fuaite’ Quilt for the UN COP30 Climate Meeting in Brazil 19/11/2025 - Carlow's Drummin Bog Project was represented fpr Mary Robinson's 'Fite Fuaite' Quilt for the UN COP30 Climate Meeting in Brazil. Voluntary Drummin Bog Committee member Brigid O'Regan, a former science lecturer, and a member of the Carlow Borris Lace group created the beautiful Drummin Bog Quilt Square for Mary Robinson's Quilt.
Voices from Carlow: Drummin Bog in the New Eco Chats Podcast Series 17/10/2025 - Voices from Carlow - Drummin Bog in the New Eco Chats Podcast Series episode 1 2025 — featuring Jules Michael, artist with the Drummin Bog Project.- The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan’s National School 18/12/2024 - The Bog Rosemary Song for Drummin Bog with St Brendan's National School
CWF Artists Webinar series: hear about the developing Gnáthóga Nádúrtha | Natural Habitats creative-led community engagement programme with Jules Michael, Monica de Bath and Kate Flood 28/02/2024 - 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' Gnáthóga Nádúrtha | 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-inspired activities celebrating our peatlands – Gnáthóga Nádúrtha | Natural Habitats programme 16/12/2023 - As part of the Gnáthóga Nádúrtha 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 – a Butter Firkin, a Bog...
Gnáthóga Nádúrtha | Natural Habitats Drummin Bog Walk, Talks and Activities Afternoon: Sunday 12 Nov. All Welcome! 24/10/2023 - Please join us on Sunday 12th November for an afternoon of fun, creativity and nature-based activities celebrating our nearby peatlands. Make a wish on muslin for the Gangers Hut. Weave a remnant on a weaver’s frame. Learn about plant lore, making teas from wild plants, and old dairy ways of butter-making. Create your own bog colours postcard, draw bog plants, and hear short talks from the artists involved – the... 
Tales and Tastes from the Bog 27/09/2023 - Tales and Tastes from the Bog: as part of the 3 county Gnáthóga Nadúrtha Natural Habitats programme supported by Carlow, Kildare and Meath Arts Offices, please join us this Sunday 1st Oct 2-5pm in the Old Schoolhouse, Rathangan Co. Kildare for an afternoon of sharing bog stories, plant lore, the makings of an 1812 Bog Map, and past times, as we weave connections between us and our nearby peatlands.
“Finding Dragons” Are there lizards on Drummin Bog??!! 15/07/2023 - “Finding Dragons” Are there lizards on Drummin Bog in South Carlow??!! Please join us for a Citizen Science Survey, 10 am Saturday 22nd July 2023 with herpetologist Rob Gandola.
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