Connecting with our Iron Age ancestors, who created something amazing in a bog in Corlea, Longford... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Old Bog Road, by Niamh Donnellan above.
"The old bog road, immortalised in memories and song, anywhere Irish people gather. But have you heard of the oldest bog road?..."

This essay (from part 1 of a 'Writing the Bog' special) appeared on the programme of 7th September 2025 - listen to that programme in full here