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Bog Connemara
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colman manion

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Staking the Turf, Carrowbrowne Bog, Galway 1930s
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For millennia, the bogs of Ireland provided the only fuel available for the ordinary folk to heat their homes. After being left to dry, the peat cuttings or sods from the bogs were known as turf. Each farmer in the 19th and 20th century had a section of a bog which he worked on during the spring.
After the cutting, the sods of turf were dried out on the bog by staking them in cone shaped mounds known in Irish as 'coirceog'.
The stacking was normally done by the children of the family.

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Loading the Turf, Paddy Mattie, Reilly Sheridan and Willie Sheridan
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PADDY MATTIE REILLY NELLIE WILLIE SHERIDAN IN PHOTO
Photograph courtesy of Martin Kinneavy, former principal of Glencorrib National School.

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Girl on the Bog, Milltown
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MilltownD006

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Coxtown Bog, Kiltormer
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(L-R) ?, John Joe Callagy, Lilly Callagy (later Lynch), ? . Notice the enamel metalised jug that was commonly used for outdoor food and drink.

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