Jamie Rohu
@jamierohu.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research fellow on the Twelve Bogs project in the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin. Co-funded by Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.
All views expressed are my own.
All views expressed are my own.
An army of small peat dams (aka berms) placed in deep drains has an enormous effect on the post-industrial peat landscape, ensuring that water is retained.
Image: Bord na Móna Derrynagun bog, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly, March 2025, taken by myself.
Image: Bord na Móna Derrynagun bog, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly, March 2025, taken by myself.
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An army of small peat dams (aka berms) placed in deep drains has an enormous effect on the post-industrial peat landscape, ensuring that water is retained.
Image: Bord na Móna Derrynagun bog, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly, March 2025, taken by myself.
Image: Bord na Móna Derrynagun bog, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly, March 2025, taken by myself.
Great to meet with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social today at the @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social protest 🪧 in Dublin. Thank you all for coming out and taking a stand against harmful GHG emissions!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great to meet with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social today at the @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social protest 🪧 in Dublin. Thank you all for coming out and taking a stand against harmful GHG emissions!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
I attended a Zoom talk on Monday about Finnish commercial semi-state Neova's (Finland's 'version' of Bord na Móna) plans for its post-industrial bogs.
What stood out to me was their siting of wind and solar together in the one space. Very economical if they can pull it off.
Two notable slides👇
What stood out to me was their siting of wind and solar together in the one space. Very economical if they can pull it off.
Two notable slides👇
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I attended a Zoom talk on Monday about Finnish commercial semi-state Neova's (Finland's 'version' of Bord na Móna) plans for its post-industrial bogs.
What stood out to me was their siting of wind and solar together in the one space. Very economical if they can pull it off.
Two notable slides👇
What stood out to me was their siting of wind and solar together in the one space. Very economical if they can pull it off.
Two notable slides👇
When examining satellite images of the midlands, you will see bogs with long, uniform striations, which are of course former industrial sites. Those bogs getting cut roughly inwards are turbary. But new peatland morphology is slowly emerging: cell bunding, as part of rehabilitation measures👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When examining satellite images of the midlands, you will see bogs with long, uniform striations, which are of course former industrial sites. Those bogs getting cut roughly inwards are turbary. But new peatland morphology is slowly emerging: cell bunding, as part of rehabilitation measures👇
I am familiar with the peatscape of the midlands but every now and then I stop to look at a site in more detail. Moyclare Bog SAC is one I've never visited, but it sure sounds great!
You can see significant cutting and drainage to the north, but it's still in remarkably good condition See link...
You can see significant cutting and drainage to the north, but it's still in remarkably good condition See link...
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I am familiar with the peatscape of the midlands but every now and then I stop to look at a site in more detail. Moyclare Bog SAC is one I've never visited, but it sure sounds great!
You can see significant cutting and drainage to the north, but it's still in remarkably good condition See link...
You can see significant cutting and drainage to the north, but it's still in remarkably good condition See link...
I visited Dublin Waste to Energy power station at Poolbeg today along with colleagues from @tcddublin.bsky.social
A remarkable plant, turning rubbish into power. Lots of waste is unfortunately fully recyclable as a result of people not sorting their rubbish properly.
Thanks to TCD for organising.
A remarkable plant, turning rubbish into power. Lots of waste is unfortunately fully recyclable as a result of people not sorting their rubbish properly.
Thanks to TCD for organising.
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I visited Dublin Waste to Energy power station at Poolbeg today along with colleagues from @tcddublin.bsky.social
A remarkable plant, turning rubbish into power. Lots of waste is unfortunately fully recyclable as a result of people not sorting their rubbish properly.
Thanks to TCD for organising.
A remarkable plant, turning rubbish into power. Lots of waste is unfortunately fully recyclable as a result of people not sorting their rubbish properly.
Thanks to TCD for organising.
Delighted to host Peter Cairns and Louise Ramsey @tcddublin.bsky.social for Rewilding in Scotland 🏴
This was the second (of three) seminars on the topic. It is a joint collaboration between Trinity’s Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Recording coming soon!
This was the second (of three) seminars on the topic. It is a joint collaboration between Trinity’s Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Recording coming soon!
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Delighted to host Peter Cairns and Louise Ramsey @tcddublin.bsky.social for Rewilding in Scotland 🏴
This was the second (of three) seminars on the topic. It is a joint collaboration between Trinity’s Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Recording coming soon!
This was the second (of three) seminars on the topic. It is a joint collaboration between Trinity’s Centre for Environmental Humanities and @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Recording coming soon!
Blanket bog rehabilitation in Co. Mayo and the flora that soon emerges 🧐
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Blanket bog rehabilitation in Co. Mayo and the flora that soon emerges 🧐
Connemara is a very beautiful part of the country but it faces its challenges.
High animal stocking rates lead to hillside erosion. Rhododendron and other invasive species are widespread.
However, efforts are ongoing by local people to lessen the human impact on the environment.
High animal stocking rates lead to hillside erosion. Rhododendron and other invasive species are widespread.
However, efforts are ongoing by local people to lessen the human impact on the environment.
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Connemara is a very beautiful part of the country but it faces its challenges.
High animal stocking rates lead to hillside erosion. Rhododendron and other invasive species are widespread.
However, efforts are ongoing by local people to lessen the human impact on the environment.
High animal stocking rates lead to hillside erosion. Rhododendron and other invasive species are widespread.
However, efforts are ongoing by local people to lessen the human impact on the environment.
The beautiful autumn plants of Connemara 🥰
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The beautiful autumn plants of Connemara 🥰
In Connemara on the annual Irish Peatland Society road trip checking out water table management on farmed peat soils.
Beautiful, vast landscapes. A very different feel to the midland raised bogs that I’m used to 🤔
Beautiful, vast landscapes. A very different feel to the midland raised bogs that I’m used to 🤔
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In Connemara on the annual Irish Peatland Society road trip checking out water table management on farmed peat soils.
Beautiful, vast landscapes. A very different feel to the midland raised bogs that I’m used to 🤔
Beautiful, vast landscapes. A very different feel to the midland raised bogs that I’m used to 🤔
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
An outdoor classroom at Abbeyleix Bog, Co. Laois.
If this was what school was like when I was growing up I might have went in a bit more often!! 🤣
If this was what school was like when I was growing up I might have went in a bit more often!! 🤣
September 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
An outdoor classroom at Abbeyleix Bog, Co. Laois.
If this was what school was like when I was growing up I might have went in a bit more often!! 🤣
If this was what school was like when I was growing up I might have went in a bit more often!! 🤣
Clearly doing this isn’t cheap. Hiring the wide-tracked excavators necessary is expensive. Putting in plastic dams isn’t ideal for obvious reasons but is more practical in smaller rewetting projects. For landscape-scale rehabilitation peat dams are the preferable option. 2/2
September 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Clearly doing this isn’t cheap. Hiring the wide-tracked excavators necessary is expensive. Putting in plastic dams isn’t ideal for obvious reasons but is more practical in smaller rewetting projects. For landscape-scale rehabilitation peat dams are the preferable option. 2/2
Bog drain-blocking can be achieved with both peat and plastic dams.
An excavator is required for the former. Peat is removed from an adjacent ‘borrow pit’ (which thereafter becomes a shallow depression), a foundation is dug across the drain and the peat placed into this. 1/2
An excavator is required for the former. Peat is removed from an adjacent ‘borrow pit’ (which thereafter becomes a shallow depression), a foundation is dug across the drain and the peat placed into this. 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Bog drain-blocking can be achieved with both peat and plastic dams.
An excavator is required for the former. Peat is removed from an adjacent ‘borrow pit’ (which thereafter becomes a shallow depression), a foundation is dug across the drain and the peat placed into this. 1/2
An excavator is required for the former. Peat is removed from an adjacent ‘borrow pit’ (which thereafter becomes a shallow depression), a foundation is dug across the drain and the peat placed into this. 1/2
Notice:
Tomorrow evening from 19:00 the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social in collaboration with @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities will host a two hour seminar on #Rewilding with @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds (We Are the Ark) and @whittledaway.bsky.social 1/2
Tomorrow evening from 19:00 the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social in collaboration with @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities will host a two hour seminar on #Rewilding with @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds (We Are the Ark) and @whittledaway.bsky.social 1/2
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Notice:
Tomorrow evening from 19:00 the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social in collaboration with @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities will host a two hour seminar on #Rewilding with @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds (We Are the Ark) and @whittledaway.bsky.social 1/2
Tomorrow evening from 19:00 the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social in collaboration with @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities will host a two hour seminar on #Rewilding with @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds (We Are the Ark) and @whittledaway.bsky.social 1/2
Just transition efforts are ongoing in across European post-industrial bogs.
Here’s some information about the excellent research ongoing into transitioning the Satakunta peatlands in western Finland👇
@utu.fi @syke.fi @alisheridan.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social
Here’s some information about the excellent research ongoing into transitioning the Satakunta peatlands in western Finland👇
@utu.fi @syke.fi @alisheridan.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just transition efforts are ongoing in across European post-industrial bogs.
Here’s some information about the excellent research ongoing into transitioning the Satakunta peatlands in western Finland👇
@utu.fi @syke.fi @alisheridan.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social
Here’s some information about the excellent research ongoing into transitioning the Satakunta peatlands in western Finland👇
@utu.fi @syke.fi @alisheridan.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social
On a site visit to Bord na Móna Ballaghurt last week to check out rehabilitation works I spotted this sundew all by itself, doing its thing.
Given time and the right (ie wet) conditions post-industrial bogs revegetate quickly. Some areas on higher ground are fertilised to hasten the process.
Given time and the right (ie wet) conditions post-industrial bogs revegetate quickly. Some areas on higher ground are fertilised to hasten the process.
September 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On a site visit to Bord na Móna Ballaghurt last week to check out rehabilitation works I spotted this sundew all by itself, doing its thing.
Given time and the right (ie wet) conditions post-industrial bogs revegetate quickly. Some areas on higher ground are fertilised to hasten the process.
Given time and the right (ie wet) conditions post-industrial bogs revegetate quickly. Some areas on higher ground are fertilised to hasten the process.
This week I welcomed colleagues from the University of Turku and the Finnish Environment Institute to the beautiful midland bogs for a study trip. I enjoyed learning about the just transition process in Finland alongside sharing our story here in Ireland.
@syke.fi @utu.fi @historytcd.bsky.social
@syke.fi @utu.fi @historytcd.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This week I welcomed colleagues from the University of Turku and the Finnish Environment Institute to the beautiful midland bogs for a study trip. I enjoyed learning about the just transition process in Finland alongside sharing our story here in Ireland.
@syke.fi @utu.fi @historytcd.bsky.social
@syke.fi @utu.fi @historytcd.bsky.social
Sphagnum mosses returning to Scohaboy bog in Co. Tipperary following successful restoration efforts by @scohaboybog.bsky.social and @npwsireland.bsky.social 👏
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Sphagnum mosses returning to Scohaboy bog in Co. Tipperary following successful restoration efforts by @scohaboybog.bsky.social and @npwsireland.bsky.social 👏
A Bord na Móna wind turbine producing renewable energy at Mountlucas, Co. Offaly.
Many thanks to BNM for the tour 🙏
Many thanks to BNM for the tour 🙏
September 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A Bord na Móna wind turbine producing renewable energy at Mountlucas, Co. Offaly.
Many thanks to BNM for the tour 🙏
Many thanks to BNM for the tour 🙏
Post-industrial Bord na Móna bogland in Co. Offaly.
The future of these landscapes is fraught with tension, albeit undetermined.
At the core are visions of amenity and nature restoration versus economic development. Can these (seemingly) opposing value systems be reconciled? 🤔
The future of these landscapes is fraught with tension, albeit undetermined.
At the core are visions of amenity and nature restoration versus economic development. Can these (seemingly) opposing value systems be reconciled? 🤔
August 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Post-industrial Bord na Móna bogland in Co. Offaly.
The future of these landscapes is fraught with tension, albeit undetermined.
At the core are visions of amenity and nature restoration versus economic development. Can these (seemingly) opposing value systems be reconciled? 🤔
The future of these landscapes is fraught with tension, albeit undetermined.
At the core are visions of amenity and nature restoration versus economic development. Can these (seemingly) opposing value systems be reconciled? 🤔
Turf, ready for collection, at Co. Kildare.
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Turf, ready for collection, at Co. Kildare.
Round-leaved sundew with unfortunate butterfly prey, Lemanaghan bog, Co. Offaly.
The plant releases juices to digest its meal, before the wings and other hard parts eventually blow away in the wind.
The plant releases juices to digest its meal, before the wings and other hard parts eventually blow away in the wind.
August 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Round-leaved sundew with unfortunate butterfly prey, Lemanaghan bog, Co. Offaly.
The plant releases juices to digest its meal, before the wings and other hard parts eventually blow away in the wind.
The plant releases juices to digest its meal, before the wings and other hard parts eventually blow away in the wind.
Fruiting bog asphodel, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly.
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fruiting bog asphodel, Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly.