Immediately after the Second World War, Bord na Móna recruited some foreign peat experts to help with the development of the industry.
Dr. John Hennig,…
Believe it or not but at one time, Bord na Móna, in common with most other employers, paid female employees less than their male colleagues…
In 1970, Tom Barry of Bord na Móna recognised and advocated the need to conserve and protect the best remaining examples of bogs for future…
In 1938 a decision was taken to build a turf-fired electricity station at Portarlington which would be operational by 1941. However the war delayed this…
In 1979 then Bord na Móna Managing Director, Lewis Rhatigan, commissioned Louis le Brocquy to produce a tapestry to celebrate what was then felt to…
When O. Bulleid joined CIE from British Railways in 1949 he decided to build a turf-burning locomotive.
Trials were made with a stationary engine using…
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