Secrets of the Bogs

From the call of the stag in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides to mysterious happenings on Irish bogs, Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill explores the cultural influence of the world’s peatlands and some of the unusual wildlife found upon them. Cormac meets with those advocating for the peat industry to continue in Finland, and we hear from the Dutch man who led a campaign to save Irish bogs.

Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill digs deep into how bogs and peatlands have influenced history and preserved relics of the past. In Finland, Cormac uncovers how global events have affected the people of the peat industry there. We meet scientists in Dublin who are turning bog-inspired folk medicines into fact, and Eamonn Ned Kelly speaks of Iron Age ancestors preserved by peat.

Cormac meets those looking to the future of the world’s bog and peatlands in Ireland and throughout the world. In Canada, bog restoration expert Line Rochefort, shows her methods of replanting sphagnum. We hear of the devastating effects of bog slides and visit a Dutch city that is sinking into its peaty soil.