On a father's appreciation of that iconic Irish deisgn item: the Bord na Móna peat briquette... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Last Briquette, by Marion McGarry above.
It's currently gathering dust in my shed and I’m not quite sure what to do with it, my last briquette. I thought it important to preserve the remaining one when I finished burning my final bale...
at Cavan County Museum (Pic: Marion McGarry)
This essay appeared on the programme of October 26th (Part 2 of a Writing the Bog special) - listen back here (Part 1 was broadcast on September 7th, listen back here)
Read Marion's article on RTÉ Brainstorm on this subject here
