The campaign to save the Barna Bog

Barna Bog has a special place in the history and folklore of Sliabh Luachra as a place where people worked hard, shared a culture of music and storytelling and had an earthy lifestyle.

Barna Bog as it is today. Picture: courtesy of Storied Kerry Turreencahill.

A community on the Kerry-Cork border is set to step up its campaign to have the 600-acre Barna Bog developed into a nature reserve.

The bog, which Bord na Móna operated between 1941 and 1984, is located close to Tureencahill, Co Kerry, and Ballydesmond, Co Cork, and employed up to 200 people during peak production.