the bog cafe
The bog cafe was a three day festival come social space, engaging the public on the beauty and magic of Ardee Bog. It was a hand made festival involving locals, community groups, artists, educators and members of the wider peatlands community in Ireland. We hosted talks, workshops, walks, tours, opportunities to make and create, the sharing of stories and music, acts of participatory magic in which we celebrated the beauty and peculiarity of Ardee Bog, the wildlife and ecosystems it supports, the community who are interested in its preservation, and, the importance of bogs in our social history, folk memory and Irish culture.
participants and collaborators
Friends of Ardee Bog, Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, Ardee Educate Together National School, IPCC, Irish Peatlands Conservation Council, Dean McDonnell (Audio Artist), Richard Timsworth (Louth Beekeepers), Padraig Fogarty (The Irish Wildlife Trust), Ardee Active Retirement Group, Yohan Riou (Old Ireland in Colour), Culture Night, Louth Barn Owl Project, Ben Malone (Local Authority Waters Programme), Kate Flood (Girley Bog Meitheal), Peter Philips (Birdwatch Louth), Curlew EIP and Birdwatch Ireland, Jinx Lennon, Sophie Coyle, Paul Callan, The Armagh Rhymers, Ardee Library Service, The Community Wetlands Forum, Coole Farm, Drummin Bog, Nuala Leonard, HiVis Witches, Spooky Beore, Niamh McDonnell (Plenitude), Brian Rogers from the Louth Archaeological and Historic Society, Iseult Aiken.
the bog cafe was supported by the Arts Council of Ireland
