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…
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Drummin Bog welcomes Minister Chris O’Sullivan and County Carlow Council Staff
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
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.
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 restoration’s importance in climate action.
NPWS and Minister visit Drummin Bog Project
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.
“Finding Dragons” Are there lizards on Drummin Bog??!!
“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.
Creatively connecting care for wetlands: the wonderful Ardee Bog Cafe
Creative Drummin Bog Committee members Jules Michael and Cathy Fitzgerald were recently invited by the Friends of Ardee Bog to attend an imaginative, creative 3-day Bog Cafe in Ardee Co. Louth. They received a warm welcome and the event strengthened connections between many groups and individuals dedicated to creatively contributing to wetland restoration across Ireland….
‘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
Creative Drummin news: Arts Council to Collaborate ‘Art in the Landscape’ Offaly and Mayo seminar
As Creative Drummin – Druimín Cruthaitheach, led by the Carlow Arts Office, and involving council staff, creative practitioners Jules Michael, Carole Nelson, cultural researchers and involving training from Cathy Fitzgerald’s Haumea Ecoversity – begins work on a new creative learning and community ecosocial engagement initiative funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Invitation to Collaboration…
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