Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Bog Bothy, by Emmett Scanlon above.
"For the last two years I have been spending some days out of my city and down in the bogs of the midlands. This time has been spent there sometimes literally, with the peatlands squelching or baking under my boots..."
See here for more information about the Bog Bothy project by the Irish Architecture Foundation. This essay (from part 1 of a 'Writing the Bog' special) appeared on the programme of 7 September 2025 - listen to the full programme here
