Ancient human remains discovered in an Irish bog in October 2023 don't belong to a teenage boy as originally assumed but rather a young woman, making them an exceptionally rare find. Over the past ...

Get ready to accept the traditional image of a burning fire in Irish homes with turf produced from local bogs could vanish forever. Instead, peat from places like Eastern Europe could be used where ...

This historical footage is but one of many films available to watch for free on the Irish Film Institute's IFIPlayer. In the nearly 12-minute newsreel "Irish Co-Operative Gathers Peat," captured by ...

You meet in the hotel lobby and go up the elevator in two groups of 10 to the fourth floor. Once assembled there, you’re led to a community room where you take your seat around a table covered in ...

KNOCKVICAR, Ireland -- As an autumn gale assails his hilltop cottage, Pepijn Martius sits beside a peat-fired stove, savoring the earthy smell and glowing warmth that has cost him little more than a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,000-year-old man preserved in an Irish peat bog, marking the oldest European bog body ever found with skin still intact. The cool, waterlogged ...

An Irish artisan is creating a walnut box, veneered with centuries-old bog oak, for a watchmaker’s client. By Sandra Jordan Reporting from Kiltimagh, Ireland At his workshop in rural County Mayo, ...