Treasures in Our Bogs – Exhibition (Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta)
Market Hall
Na Gleannta, F94 PDE7 Co. Dún na nGall
Treasures in Our Bogs – Exhibition (Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta)
@ Market Hall
Féile Léacht nó Caint Oiriúnach do TheaghlaighOur Treasures in Our Bogs exhibition of photographs, bog oak sculptures, tapestries, and artifacts in Glenties Market Hall represents a lived experience that is an integral part of our multi-year approach to bogs with a focus on SW Donegal. Overall, we will be exploring their importance in history, heritage, oral histories, placenames, culture, music, traditional turf cutting, craft/industry and flora.
The nature of their environment, preservative and curative powers makes boglands a source of human activity and provides us with an insight to life throughout the ages and that is captured in the photos of real people in our community. Bogs have been sites of archaeological significance throughout prehistory and into historic times and we are lucky to have some bogs finds on display.
Bogs are living history, from the medicinal powers of their plants to a vital source of fuel evoking a sense of home. They represent a unique Irish way of agriculture soon to disappear. With the ongoing development of Fáilte Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way we are offering new ways to weave our rich cultural, historical and natural heritage together. This project will continue to discover the many facets of our community’s past and present. The exhibition is followed by a concert that draws from the local community.
Exhibition starts at 1.00pm, followed by concert at 5.00pm. The Treasures in Our Bogs project will be a lasting legacy, representative of three (West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, Slieve Tooey/Tor Mor Is./Loughros Beg Bay SAC and Lough Nilan Bog (Carrickatlieve) SAC) of the 35 Natura 2000 sites in the northwest of Ireland. Working with the Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE Integrated Project (2021-2029), NatPro (TCD), and NPWS we hope to build a solid bridge from primary schools to second level and beyond.
The project will educate and spread awareness, building community participation and integration. It very much dovetails on the group’s flagship project at Doon Fort & its wider landscape. The aim is to ensure sustained community engagement and community goals are met ultimately through the creation of a bog inspired community-made tapestry and bog oak sculpture. The project ensures future generations can experience an irreplaceable source of inspiration, pride and knowledge.
A focal point of the project in the next few years will be on bog bodies, especially that of the 16th century Meenybradden (Ardara) woman wrapped in a woven cloak which was unearthed in 1978. Bogs have been sites of archaeological significance throughout prehistory and into historic times. The nature of their environment and human interaction with them, makes boglands an intrinsic part of rural life, providing us with a unique insight and legacy throughout the ages.
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*** Cliceáil anseo chun na himeachtaí as Gaeilge uilig atá á reáchtáil i rith 'Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta' a fheiceáil, nó cuardaigh 'Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta' anseo ar PEIG ***
