the Irish didn’t talk about pheasants, or the mallards down in the bogs and rivers, or the white-fronted geese in the nearby Wexford Slobs (right — slobs), or the numberless wood pigeon, or the grouse ...

For instance, an Irish farmer happened to stumble ... And it’s possible that was the purpose behind the bog butter that Boyle found, as a small piece of wood stuck to the butter suggests it ...

As CAP payments are oriented towards sustainability, nature-friendly farming can secure reliable funding for farms in an ...

“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a ...

opposite the leaning wood shed, the carcass of his father’s tractor rusting into the nettle bed. He had to get away now, and he knew it was for the last time. With a glance over his shoulder, he ...

One of Bentham’s hobbies was wood-turning ... to its native bogs! Writers today might be more cautious than Hazlitt in his broad characterisation of the Scots and Irish.

There are two things that make for the perfect cup of tea; one is how it is brewed and the other is the setting in which it ...

This ties in with the local superstition of how Lough Cullen was formed and the following story was written down by John O’Donovan from Slieverue who did so much work on Irish place names ... closely ...

A new manual (links below) offers practical guidance for farmers and other landowners who want to undertake restoration ...

The Volo Bog State Natural Area draws about 200 visitors Sunday for its annual Winterfest, which had a key participant on its ...