A childhood in the boglands taken for granted until it becomes a source of wonder for visitors

A childhood in the boglands taken for granted until it becomes a source of wonder for visitors

Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.

Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.

Sunday Miscellany

The Bog, by Anthony Baggott

The physical items inevitably subsumed by the bog - human and otherwise (pic: Marguerite Sheridan)

The physical items inevitably subsumed by the bog - human and otherwise (pic: Marguerite Sheridan)

Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands

Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands

Translation challenges for the words 'turf' and 'bog' in cultures where they don't exist

Translation challenges for the words 'turf' and 'bog' in cultures where they don't exist