When we work with primary schools on exploring their local bog - we match them with an artist - in Ballydangan Bog it was Longford community artist Sophie Carroll Hunt who mentored the children of Camcloon NS on their bog collage - we asked her how she found it.

One word to describe the bog - what the children of Camcloon NS said to @katiesmirnova.bsky.social #Roscommon #LoveBogs

Ruth picked a Holly Blue in our bog butterfly and art creativity project #Kilteevan Roscommon and said it inspired her to get more into nature and be curious about bog wildlife. We ran the project in June and came back this month with postcards for the children of their artwork and stamps! #LoveBogs

Songs are powerful stories that connect us #Mountbellew Men's Shed at the Galway Living Bog let us into their stories and their songs in a revival of the traditional 'rambling house' session @tocharstories.bsky.social @athenamediaie.bsky.social

that's good to hear ! We just did a little piece with Ballydangan Bog and Pat Feehily about the increase in curlew there since bog conservation work began - as he and David Fallon were sharing the story with local school children in an art bog project under #TócharStories

Eugene Dunbar in Tyrrellspass, Westmeath is a force for nature! We've been working with him all year as part of #TócharStories and he mentored the local primary school for our art-bog project. Next week we take the children to the National Museum to see the bog treasures #LoveBogs

We're working with primary schools close to bogs and facilitating children to connect with their local bog through art and experience. Artist @anniehollandart.bsky.social was the mentor in our Tyrrellspass /Cloncrow Bog project with Eugene Dunbar and St Anne's NS #:LoveBogs

Therese Kelly, conservation officer, @npwsireland.bsky.social was our partner on our Heritage Week bog talk and walk #CloonlargeBog last month - we asked her about her own relationship with the #bogs