Restoring Raised Bog in Ireland
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Raised Bog Restoration Project Sites

Total Project Area = 571.2 ha

 

1 - Lough Lurgeen Bog & Glenamaddy Turlough (7.3 ha)

Lough Lurgeen Bog and Glenamaddy Turlough is a large site dominated by raised bog and turlough habitats. The site contains one of the largest areas of raised bog habitat in the country...
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2 - Camderry Bog (13.8 ha)

The Camderry Bog site is also a proposed Natural Heritage Area – Camderry Bog (Site Code 281). Camderry bog is a medium-sized raised bog located in the east of Co. Galway...
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3 - Curraghlehanagh Bog (40.7 ha)

Curraghlehanagh bog is a medium-sized raised bog site with a high dome which is situated some 6 km north of Mountbellew village in the East of Co. Galway...
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4 - Kilsallagh Bog (29.7 ha)

Kilsallagh bog is a small to medium-sized raised bog site located near the village of Glenamaddy in the east of Co. Galway...
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5 - Lough Ree (49 ha)

Lough Ree is a large SAC selected mainly for the large area of Natural Eutrophic lake habitat. The project site is part of a large western raised bog system which adjoins the north-western shore of the lake, in the townland of Kilteevan, Co. Roscommon...
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6 - Lisnageeragh Bog & Ballinastack Turlough (27.1 ha)

Lisnageeragh bog and Ballinastack Turlough is a large site located in the east of Co. Galway. The site is dominated by raised bog habitat of varying composition and quality with turlough habitat, located in the north-western corner of the site, accounting for approximately 6% of the site area...
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7 - Drumalough Bog (43.2 ha)

Drumalough Bog is a medium sized raised bog site situated in the north of Co. Roscommon. The site comprises three separate parts...
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8 - Cloonshanville Bog (34.2 ha)

Cloonshanville Bog is a very important raised bog site located 1.5 km east of Frenchpark village, Co. Roscommon. In terms of habitats present the site is very diverse containing a substantial area of open intact bog...
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9 - Killyconny Bog (11.6 ha)

Killyconny bog is a medium-sized raised bog located along the southern border of Co. Cavan. The site comprises a core of uncut high bog occurring as two distinct lobes, joined by a narrow strip of bog...
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10 - Ardgullion Bog (25 ha)

Ardagullion bog is a small midland raised bog site located in Co. Longford. The site comprises a core of uncut high bog which is surrounded by cutover and coniferous plantation...
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11 - Carn Park Bog (132.2 ha)

Carn Park bog is a medium sized raised bog site located 4 kilometres north-east of Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The site comprises a large area of rather uniform, open bog surrounded by extensive conifer plantations...
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12 - Crosswood Bog (42.7 ha)

Crosswood bog is an important raised bog site located 3 km east of Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The site lies on the southern side of a disused railway track and comprises an extensive area of raised bog habitat...
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13 - Mount Hevey Bog (58.2 ha)

Mount Hevey is a large midland raised bog site which straddles the border between counties Meath and Westmeath. The site is rather long and narrow and most of the intact habitat...
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14 - Coolrain Bog (56.5 ha)

Coolrain Bog is a small midland-type raised bog situated to the south of the Slieve Bloom mountains in Co. Laois. The SAC area contains approximately 60ha of open, high bog surface...
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Cloonshanville Bog Drumalough Bog Lough Ree Bog Ardgullion Bog Killyconny Bog Mount Hevey Bog Coolrain Bog Carn Park Bog Crosswood Bog Kilsallagh Bog Lough Lurgeen Bog and Glenamaddy Turlough Camderry Bog Curraghlehanagh Bog Lisnageeragh Bog and Ballinastack-turlough