Bright future for bogs that have been taken over as nature havens

Fenor in Waterford and Offaly's Lough Boora Discovery Park are wildlife hits — would this work for Barna Bog near the Cork/Kerry border?

The 13-hectare site at Fenor Bog is one of the few community owned nature reserves in Ireland. Picture: Dungarvan Tourist Office

It was ironic, recently, that windfarms came in for so much attention when the history of a disused Bord na Móna bog was being marked.

Controversial wind turbines now dominate the elevated moorland along the borders of counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick, where harvesting an altogether different source of energy was once common.